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Flight Price Index: Apr 2006
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Announces the creation of its monthly
FLIGHT PRICE INDEX
The Definitive International Flight Guide To Australia
April 2006
www.australiatravelmarket.com has created The Flight Price Index which monitors international flights to Australia looking at fare prices of all the scheduled airlines as well as charting and predicting booking trends. With this new facility www.australiatravelmarket.com aims to establish itself as the definitive source of information on flight trends to Australia.
For example, during March:
· Prices to Sydney, Australia have reduced significantly between March and April with overall average prices from all airports reducing from £1,083 to £919.
· Key departure months where average prices have come down include May (average fare from London in April of £659 vs £723 in March), June (average fare from London in April of £673 vs £893 in March), January (average fare from London in April of £1,011 vs £1,267 in March)
· The largest average price reduction occurred for departures in February 2007 where average prices from London during April were £860 vs £1,225 in March- an average price reduction of £365.
· The cheapest flight from any UK airport to Sydney in 2006 is on Qantas from London
for £583 with Ebookers for May and June departures.
· Qantas, somewhat uncharacteristically, continue to be one of the cheapest carriers between London and Sydney, with prices comparable to many of the indirect Asian carriers that historically have always provided the keenest prices for British travellers flying to Australia. This possibly reflects the pressure that Qantas are under to full the increased capacity that the carrier has put on the ‘Kangaroo route’.
· Emirates continues to be the best value carrier from Manchester and Glasgow with lead in fares of £615 and £617 respectively. Emirates provides the additional benefit of flying from these locations and therefore do not require a transfer to London Heathrow or another European airport.
· The average fare from Glasgow to Sydney is 24% higher than for travellers flying from
London.
· Travellers from Manchester on average pay 12% more than travellers from London
· Somewhat surprisingly, attractive fares remain available for travel in December with prices from London averaging £752. It is expected that the availability of fares at these levels will dry up very quickly and average prices of in £1,000 will become the norm over the next two months.
· Pricing for travel in January/February 2007, despite softening during April are likely to continue to be come down. www.australiatravelmarket.com continue to recommend that travellers to wait for another month as airlines continue to reduce their prices to full seats for these departure months.
www.australiatravelmarket.com has also produced an average international flight fare table for the forthcoming year. All the leading carriers to Australia* were looked at using Sydney as the port of entry/exit for a two week stay and 1st of the month departure. The table overleaf outlines where and when the cheapest fares can be obtained throughout the year:
*Qantas, Singapore Airlines, Malaysian Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Emirates, Thai Airways, Virgin.
Source: www.australiatravelmarket.com
This table can also be viewed in graph form as follows:
 www.australiatravelmarket.com is a destination dedicated, content rich, travel search engine, that provides the independent traveller with the resources, on one comprehensive site, to quickly, simply and efficiently research, price compare and book.
www.australiatravelmarket.com, a division of Global Travel Market and the first in a series of Travel Market destination dedicated sites, was launched in the UK in February 2006. This site will be followed by the launch of a series of separate destination dedicated sites for Asia, Spain, Ski, Florida, Caribbean, Britain and Dubai. Each site will have its own dedicated Flight Price Index.
Since its launch last month (February 2006) www.australiatravelmarket.com has generated £40,612 worth of flight bookings for E-bookers, Opodo and Travelbag alone. This figure excludes accommodation and car hire bookings generated through the site.
www.australiatravelmarket.com is the brainchild of Global Travel Market CEO DAVE SIMMONS, the former managing director of Quest Travel. In creating this destination dedicated search engine concept, Simmons has addressed booking pattern changes of the independent traveller, all of whom do not have the same requirements - some like to book elements through a tour operator, others like to book a few components direct prior to departure, whilst others like to research activities before they leave, booking them on arrival, all of which can take a long time.
www.australiatravelmarket.com, on one comprehensive website, makes this whole process faster, easier and more efficient by offering unbiased, content rich editorial provided exclusively by Lonely Planet, the best product choices and links from the broadest range of sources and multiple web searches for availability and prices.
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Note to editors: ALL PRICES ARE CORRECT AT TIME OF PRINTING
www.australiatravelmarket.com will be issuing The Flight Price Index on a monthly basis, but should you require information at any other time, or would like a quote, comment or opinion from CEO Dave Simmons, please do not hesitate to contact Jovanka Ristich, Independent Public Relations,tel 01628 623003, email: ristichj@aol.com March 2006
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