According to the boss of the company at low cost, the average prices should drop to around fifty euros per journey, in the next five years.
Le Monde with AFP
Faced with the outbreak of energy lessons, the airline Ryanair announced, Thursday, August 11, stop the sale of tickets at ten euros, or even less.
“I think there will be no more tickets at ten euros because the oil lessons have been much higher since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. (…) I think we are not going Seeing these prices for a certain number of years, “announced the boss of the company at low prices Ryanair, Michael O’Leary, on BBC Radio 4 .
Airlines at low cost such as the Irishman Ryanair or his British rival Easyjet have shaken air transport over the past twenty years and broke prices, participating in a jump in short trips, including urban escapades during a weekend.
around fifty euros per journey
According to Mr. O’Leary, the average prices of tickets in Ryanair should therefore go from ten euros to around fifty euros per journey in the next five years. This, given the price structure of low -cost airlines, with many supplements, could quickly increase the total cost of a trip to several hundred euros and mine demand.
Flight of petroleum prices for a year (+ 36 % for the Brent listed in London) weighs particularly heavy in the costs of so -called “low cost” companies compared to traditional carriers, but it also weighs the budget of households . Annual energy bills will increase by several thousand pounds on average per household in the coming months in the United Kingdom, where inflation could exceed 13 % by October, according to the Bank of England.
Faced with the price increases that accuse the purchasing power of the British, strikes multiply in the country and also affect the airline: the security staff of Leeds-Bradford airport (northern England ) announced on Wednesday evening a strike at the end of August for wages, which could disrupt holiday feedback.
The boss of Ryanair denounces the consequences of Brexit
Michael O’Leary, however, wants to believe that the demand for air travel will be maintained and that, faced with the budgetary constraints of consumers, the “low cost” carriers will draw out of the game.
He also insurgent Thursday against Brexit which greatly reduced European workers’ access to the United Kingdom, where they occupied hundreds of thousands of jobs before. “The labor market is very tense, particularly for low-skilled jobs in the hotel and restaurant hotel, distribution and agriculture, and also for safety and baggames at airports,” said the manager.
“And if there was a little honesty of the government [of the Prime Minister on the departure, Boris] Johnson, they would admit that Brexit was a disaster for the free movement of workers and that one of the Main difficulties that the British economy currently confronts is the lack of workers “.