Which cities show the highest growth in summer demand?
The maximum increase in demand for the upcoming summer season showed directions Moscow Prague and Rostov-on-Don – Simferopol. Statistics provided by experts of the service for travelers Biletix (Russia).
For Moscow-Prague flights, the growth is 69%, and tickets have become cheaper – from 14.6 to 11.8 thousand rubles on average, by 19%.
The increase on flights Rostov-on-Don – Simferopol is 54%, the average check is 6.2 thousand rubles. In the top three are flights Moscow – Bangkok, an increase of 47%, and the average ticket price has become higher by 11%, to 30.5 thousand rubles. In the top five flights Novosibirsk – Krasnodar and Moscow – Nice.
If we talk about the largest volume of sales, Moscow-Simferopol flights lead by a serious margin - 14%. Then there are flights from Moscow to Sochi 4.2%, followed by Bulgarian Burgas 2.1%.
Also in the top 5 is Anapa and flights to Simferopol from St. Petersburg. In the top ten – Bali, Prague, Kaliningrad, Barcelona and Tivat.
According to experts, for the summer season during the early booking period, in January-March 2019, many flights became cheaper. Flights from Moscow to Barcelona "reduced" 48% - from 31 thousand rubles to 16.3 thousand, began to cost less flights to Yerevan, Tbilisi, and also St. Petersburg - Anapa and Moscow - Batumi.
Within the framework of early booking for next summer, the average check for round-trip flights to domestic destinations increased from 11,558 to 12,235 rubles, by 5.8%. In foreign countries, it decreased from 22,169 to 21,739 rubles, by 2%.