Fewer flights 'stimulate competitive prices at airports'
Predictions of fewer flights over the coming months has helped stimulate sales in a difficult market, an aviation expert has stated.Despite forecasts by the Official Airline Guide's airline capacity outlook that world airlines will offer 3.67 per cent fewer flights over the next six months than they did a year ago, it has been suggested that this is actually supporting the industry.
Darren McCormick, head of aviation at Travel Counsellors, commented that some airlines are reducing services because the market is flooded.
"This has resulted in very competitive fares, which has actually stimulated sales in a difficult market with prices around £450 to get to Australia and £279 to get to New York," he stated.
Ryanair, which operates at stations across the country from Birmingham Airport to Stansted Airport, is among the carriers that have said they will freeze growth at their UK bases.
The firm hopes to grow by 15 per cent this year but is leaving the UK out of its forthcoming plans.
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