Fare play: why have airline ticket prices gone sky high?

Travellers are paying top dollar thanks to higher jet fuel costs and flight routes and frequencies being curbed

07 June 2022 - 19:47 By Anurag Kotoky

For more than two years, the main topic of conversation pretty much everywhere has been the impact of Covid-19. Now that the worst of the pandemic seems to be over and people are travelling more freely again, another hot topic is on the tips of everyone’s tongues: expensive plane tickets. ..

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