Flight prices plummet: Up to 30% off for Barcelona, Alicante, Tenerife and Menorca
Thursday, July 16, 2020 @ 8:22 PM
FLIGHT prices to Spanish airports have dropped almost across the board for the whole of the summer in a bid to encourage passengers at a time when many would-be travellers are reluctant to leave home.
On average, air travel is 6% cheaper at the moment, based upon price reductions for flights in June and the first half of July, and those on sale or already sold for the rest of July, August, and September.
But cost cuts vary by airport, and can be as much as 30% lower than usual.
The biggest price falls have been seen for planes travelling to and from Barcelona, a city which traditionally welcomes thousands of foreign tourists year-round, and to a lesser extent but still significantly – at least 20% - for flights out of and into Alicante airport and the Canarian island of Tenerife.
Online travel agency Rumbo says the reduced fees – compared with summer 2019 – differ between the various airlines and are not standard, but that many carriers are opting to slash their prices to boost the market.
As well as the fear of contagion and of further outbreaks of Covid-19, people who fly to and from Spain year-round – as opposed to summer tourists – tend to avoid these peak months due to rocketing prices and prefer to fly either before mid-May or leave it until the end of September.
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