Big airlines 'are cutting fares to compete with low-cost rivals'
Big airlines 'are cutting fares to compete with low-cost rivals'
Big airlines 'are cutting fairs to compete with low-cost rivals'Only time will tell if added costs such as priority booking fees will have an impact on the number of people flying with low-cost airlines, one expert has stated.
Sean Tipton, press officer at the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA), explained that as the new charges are fairly recent it is too early to judge what effect they have had.
However, he recommended that anyone who is concerned about paying over the odds for a plane journey should shop around, as many airlines have been reducing fares to lure customers.
Mr Tipton said: "The traditional airlines have lowered their prices to compete with the no-frills carriers and there's a lot of competition now for fairly short-haul [flights] so that's something to bear in mind when you're booking as a family."
Airlines might also find that they become involved in a price war with other forms of transport in future as people look at alternative methods of travelling abroad.
Last week, Phillippa Richardson of Virgin Trains claimed that the Eurostar is an increasingly popular way for UK tourists to travel to short-haul destinations in
Europe.
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15 April 2008
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