This year, a sharp decrease in the number of flights and an increase in airline ticket prices will create serious difficulties for middle-income travelers.
This was reported by "The New York Times" newspaper based on the opinions of experts on ticket prices.
According to the newspaper, the energy crisis caused by the conflict between the US and Iran has complicated the supply of jet fuel for airlines. Carriers have been forced to raise ticket prices and impose additional fees to compensate for rising fuel costs.
Kathy Nastro, a travel expert at the Going.com platform, stated that such major uncertainty has not been observed in the tourism sector since the pandemic. She emphasized that tourists hoping to find cheap tickets will face serious problems this year.
According to a report by the "Kayak" service, since the end of February, the average price of international flights has increased, while the cost of aviation fuel worldwide has risen by more than 70 percent.
A professor at Georgetown University and former head of "American Airlines" said that even if the conflict in the Middle East region ends, it will take months for fuel and ticket prices to return to normal levels.
Earlier, the "Bloomberg" agency reported that due to the rise in fuel costs, global airlines are cutting flights and some planes have been taken out of service. In order to avoid losses, companies are completely postponing flights on certain routes.
Due to price increases, the European Commission has called on EU member states to consider options to reduce energy consumption in the transport sector.
As a result of operations by the US and Israel against Iran, as well as the prevention of fuel transport through the Hormuz Strait, European countries have effectively been left out of supplies coming from the Persian Gulf. Consequently, energy carrier prices have risen sharply on a global scale./oxu.az