Why have air fares gone up so much?

last year we flew with aer lingus dublin to jfk we flew in may 2 adults one child on lap for 940 euro we were ment to go in april but with volcanic ash our flights were cancelled we rebooked in may no extra cost and this year flying with contenintal we got flights fron dublin to newark for 1416 big jump fair enough the child be in her own seat but i found airlines really expensive this year compared to last year also
 
Petermack said:
I think there is still cheap flights out there if you dont mind doing the journey in 2 segments. A quick check shows up a combination of Aer Lingus to Schipol and then Martinair direct to Orlando for 380 US Dollars per adult and 280 Dollars for children for most of October. I got that through http://www.cheapoair.com . Do you specifically want to go direct ?
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I've checked Kayak a lot for prices for flights and regularly find that Cheapoair are cheaper by far than any others but had to wonder why. When I ran the reviews on Google I certainly was not impressed and wouldn't be brave enough to use them.
 
Try ebookers.ie and lastminute.com. I got a flight to NYC last minute for €400 on lastminute.com with Delta. And the same flight on the Delta website was €510.

But the fact is that the era of cheap flights is coming to an end. The price of oil is only going to go one way - up
 
It's not just flights to the States that have got really expensive. I've been looking at flights to Faro in late July, returning early August and they are way more expensive than last year, with Aer Lingus coming in at over €500 per head for the round trip. Unbelievable!

OK, there's a sale on right now and you can get a return trip from 16 July to 30 July for around €430 per head, but that's till insane.

Is anyone actually booking at those prices?

And Ryanair are not a lot better at around €395 a head, unless you're prepared at arrive close to midnight and head back at close to the crack of dawn.
 
Homer said:
Is anyone actually booking at those prices?

And Ryanair are not a lot better at around €395 a head, unless you're prepared at arrive close to midnight and head back at close to the crack of dawn.
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I couldn't agree more. I have been tracking prices to a number of destinations for a number of months now and the prices have gone through the roof. Ryanair in particular. They said that they would have no fuel surcharge, well now we know how they are passing this on to us.

Aer Lingus had a 50% off sale recently. However I noticed that they had increased their prices just before the sale. Perpignan for example went from it's lowest €5.99 to €10.99.

I would have booked a few destinations by now in advance. It looks as this is not going to happen this year. I will now consider other options.

I would be interested to know if both Ryanair and Aer Lingus flights are full going to their destinations from anyone who has travelled recently?
 
While flights to the states are gone tru the roof there are still bargains to be got with Ryanair. I just booked 4 return flights to Majorca for early June. Total cost was €648 which included all charges,(credit card, 20kg baggage per person also) flight out is at 1.30 pm and flight back arrives at 11.30pm (which does not bother me.
The same flights same dates with air lingus was going to cost me in excess of €1,200
 
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