Grayling

Brain slow today needed beer

Giving this some more thought it seems odd to me that it can be high season in Australia therefore justifying higher prices but low season in the UK justifying lower prices.

We all use the same planes and they were half empty so how does that work?

Seems to me that Australian travel agents or the airlines are cashing in in Australia to allow lower prices from the UK.

Very strange

G

MikeStanton

Are prices significantly different during peak seasons (taxes excluded)? I'm not so sure. Comparing a Sing airlines flight (return) , flying from UK in Dec is ~£1,000. Flying from Oz at the same time, is ~$A2,600, ie ~£1,000. [eBookers, Harvey World]

There are 2 peak travel seasons between Oz and UK - now and in December. The prices are set by the airlines - at the maximum amount people are willing to pay - for the relatively fixed number of flights and hence seats between the 2 countries.

I guess that during the cool/cold Oz winter, the high prices are driven by people flying from Oz. In December, it's driven by the Brits seeking the Oz sun (and from both Oz/UK for people visiting relatives over Xmas).

jad n rich

High season or low season the fares are often double what they sell the same ticket booked in the UK. Even in low season with the cheapest of airlines you are going to pay at least $1500 plus taxes which were about $200 but that seem to have doubled too Peak is UK summer and Christmas time, low is Oct, early Nov late jan and feb. Like many things in Aus, somehow the prices are "all tied up" lack of competition, government maybe?

MarkMyWords

On the whole I agree with Megs here. I reckon people tend to expect internal Aussie flights to be relatively cheap simply because they're internal. But Oz is huge! Go and look on a map! Even a relatively short trip like Adelaide to Sydney is still like London to Rome. $250 (£100) return for that? Sounds quite reasonable to me.

Remember it costs N $/km or whatever to fly an aircraft from A to B regardless of how many or few international borders you're crossing.

sunchaser

Hi MarkMyWords,

That's an excellent point, never thought of it that way. I know it's a big country just didn't think.

Sunchaser