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Flight Price Index: Aug 2007
FLIGHT PRICE INDEX 

The Definitive International Flight Guide To Australia 

August 2007

The Flight Price Index, from www.australiatravelmarket.com, monitors scheduled airlines’ international flight fares to Australia in order to chart and predict booking trends:

BEST FARES 

1. Thomas Cook have the best fare bookable online to Australia for departures from London Heathrow of £644 flying on Korean Airlines during December 2007.

2. Flights.co.uk have the best fare bookable online to Australia for departures from Manchester of £700 flying on Emirates for May 2008 departures.

3. Travelbag have the best fare bookable online to Australia for departures from Glasgow of £719 flying on Emirates for May 2008 departures.

WWW.AUSTRALIATRAVELMARKET.COM PREDICTS:

1. It is estimated that almost 20% of travellers to Australia now book their travel arrangements online with predictions that this figure will rise by around 50% over the next couple of years, with increasing sophistication of online sites, www.australiatravelmarket.com predicts that this figure is likely to continue upwards

2. With the phenomenal growth of the United Arab Emirate carrier Etihad and the news that their passenger figures have doubled to almost 2 million passengers during the first 6 months of 2007, www.australiatravelmarket.com predicts that their new Brisbane service starting in September will be a hit. Etihad’s Sydney flights began in March and have already been a great success with the service going daily in June, it’s only likely to be a matter of time before they add more Australian cities to their network.

3. Cathay Pacific have announced additional flights to Australia too with an extra service to Perth, Hong Kong - Melbourne increasing to 3 times daily and a daily service to Adelaide from October. Despite a recently reported 4.2% increase in visitors to Australia, there is likely to be a surplus of capacity to many Australian cities, www.australiatravelmarket.com therefore predicts there will be some aggressive pricing to counter this with some low fares for travel this autumn being released soon.

TRENDS IN JULY

London Heathrow 

1.  Flights departing from London Heathrow have increased marginally in price by an average of 2.81% for all future months.
2. The main increase is in January 2008 with an 8.17% average price increase from £1053 to £1139
3. The largest decrease is in April 2008 with a -4.38% price decrease with averages prices falling from £913 to £873.

Manchester 

4. Flights departing Manchester have decreased in price by an average of -2.74% for future months.
5. September 2007 has seen the largest decrease in price from £1199 to £1042 with an average decrease of –13.06%.
6. The largest increase in price is in December 2007 with an average increase of 6.84% in prices from £1009 to £1078.


Glasgow 

7. Overall all flights have decreased in price from Glasgow to Sydney by -5.36% for all future months.
8. The largest average price increase from Glasgow is in October 2007 with an increase of 11.97% from £936 to £1048.
9. The largest decrease is in April with prices dropping from £1275 to £926 with an average decrease percentage of -27.37%

General 

10. Overall there has been a general decrease in the price of flights from all airports over the next 11 months. April is traditionally regarded as low season for flights from the UK to Australia and the airlines are no doubt keen to increase their load factors.
11. Emirates are dominating the market place in terms of the most competitive fares for the forthcoming months with flights operating from Heathrow, Manchester and Glasgow via Dubai. Malaysia Airlines also has some keenly priced fares from Heathrow and Qantas and British Airways from Glasgow.



 
 

• Economy return airfare to Sydney as at 01 August ‘07
• Using leading scheduled airlines to Australia (QF/SQ/MH/CX/EK/TG/VS)
• Average cost of all airfares displayed in search results
• Request airfare applicable at 01st of each month, for 2 week period
• Fares from London Heathrow, Manchester and Glasgow applied
• Supporting Fare Table can be viewed below




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.

 
 
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Note to editors:        ALL PRICES ARE CORRECT AT TIME OF PRINTING

www.australiatravelmarket.com  issues The Flight Price Index on a monthly basis. 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 Amy Sullivan Commercial Director on 020889 16824 amy@globaltravelmarket.co.uk                               



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