Spain domestic flights cost 11.6% more in October

Domestic flights within Spain cost 11.6% more in October than a year earlier: hotel prices rise 11% over the same period. Figures from Spain’s National Statistics Institute, reported by Europa Press on 13 November, also show domestic flight prices up 8.4% since the start of the year. The figures come against a backdrop of conflict in the Middle East and higher fuel costs.

Hotels have seen the steepest rise among the travel costs measured so far this year, with prices up 25.7%. Campsites and hostels cost 4.4% more. Package holidays, by contrast, cost 2.6% less over the year so far, and passenger travel by sea is down 3.3%.

October alone tells a different story for package holidays: their prices rose 8.2% from a year earlier. Campsites and hostels were up 4.4%, while sea passenger fares held steady.

International flights cost 3% more than a year earlier and 2.4% more over the first ten months of the year. Compared with September, their prices jumped 16.6%, while sea passenger fares rose 9.4%. Across all goods and services, Spain’s consumer price index stood 4.9% above its level a year earlier — the third month in a row with inflation above 4%.

Topics: Air travel · Tourism

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com