The prices of airline tickets are through the roof: according to figures from the General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC), they have risen 43.5% in one year in France, all routes together. On the only medium-haul flights leaving France for European destinations, they even increased by more than 54%.
“There are sectors that are much less [haussiers]. In the West Indies we have an increase between 14% and 20% depending on the route, it is just the repercussion of fuel prices, price inflation, our social costs”, assured Marc Rochet.
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However, according to the chairman of the two airlines operating in the Overseas Territories, “a part [de la hausse des coûts] is still to come”. “For Air Caraïbes and for the French bee, even if we have the best planes in terms of consumption per seat, oil represented 30-35% of our costs, we are going to 45%” “So, inevitably , there will still be price increases of 5 to 10% during the winter and next year.”
Source: BFM TV
