Because there are no passengers: airlines tempt with dumping prices
Night trains are more popular than ever: If you want to travel abroad by train in summer, you have to hurry with the booking. SBB is enjoying a record year in the sleeping car business. Many trains are already fully booked.
The airlines, on the other hand, are hardly feeling the travel fever at the moment. Even over Easter, passenger numbers at Zurich Airport were still 30 percent below the pre-Corona level. Things are only slightly better at Geneva Airport. Despite high fuel prices, many airlines are paying attention to the price screw.
Hard fight for passengers
Bargain hunters can currently book their flights abroad at absolutely ridiculous prices. The flight from Geneva to Barcelona is available from 49 francs. And that in mid-June and including a return flight! A Basel–Dublin–Basel flight costs CHF 33 in May. Anyone who travels from Zurich to Porto and back at the end of June pays 57 francs. If you want to travel from a Swiss airport to London and back, you have to reckon with a good 60 francs. The return flight from Milan to London is available from as little as CHF 14. For the Milan-Mallorca-Milan flight, you shell out 31 francs in mid-May.
There were also dumping prices in other years. The airlines try to fill the remaining seats in planes with campaigns. However, the current ridiculous prices despite high fuel costs also show that airlines still have to fight much harder for passengers. However, if you want to snag a bargain flight, you also have to be flexible in terms of time.
Such prices should also give rise to calls for a flight tax. With a popular initiative, the Swiss Traffic Club will introduce a tax for air passengers. (smt)
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