Dealers confirmed that many flights to Syria are witnessing a significant increase in seat capacity, reaching 100%, especially since many of these flights display a “full capacity” sign for late reservations.
They explained to “Emirates Today” that the prices of airline tickets are currently witnessing a noticeable decrease by rates exceeding 50%, compared to what they were during the last period, pointing out that the prices of round-trip tickets (transit) currently range between 2800 and 4200 dirhams, after the price reached 6,200 dirhams during the last period, especially for late reservations.
Two officials at two travel and tourism agencies told Emirates Today that supply and demand are the basic criterion for airline ticket prices, noting that the return of an airline to operating flights through an agreement with another airline made more tickets available, and thus a partial decrease in prices.
Customer opinions
In detail, the customer, Basil Tawfiq, said that he had been trying for several days to book flight tickets for himself and his family to travel to Syria, but he found that the flights suitable for him were full, and that there were no seats available on the dates he wanted.
He added: “I was finally able to book airline tickets for a flight leaving the Emirates next week (transit), and I found that the prices are high, but lower than the previous period, as the price of a round-trip ticket reached 4,200 dirhams, compared to more than 6,000 dirhams ticket price previously, a decrease of 30 dirhams.” %».
For his part, the dealer, Adnan Siraj, said: “Many flights, especially those with late reservations to and from Syria, are full, and it is difficult to obtain travel tickets except for business class, and if they are available, they are expensive,” pointing out that the price of travel tickets to Syria is still high currently, but it is lower than it was during the recent period.
He explained that the price of a round-trip ticket on a flight of one airline is about 4,000 dirhams, compared to approximately 3,000 dirhams on a flight of another company, while the price of a travel ticket in the previous period exceeded 6,000 dirhams, which means that prices decreased by a rate ranging between 33 and 50%. Pointing out that having more options makes it easier for travelers and makes the price of tickets lower.
In the same context, the dealer, Youssef Ghassan, said: “Many flights to Syria are currently full, and I was able to book travel tickets for my family 10 days from now,” noting that the price of an airline ticket on one of the company’s flights amounted to 4,100 dirhams (transit). While the price of a ticket for another airline reached 3,250 dirhams, compared to 6,200 dirhams last week, a decrease ranging between 34 and 47.6%.
Supply and demand
In addition, the CEO of Nirvana Holding Group, Alaa Al-Ali, said that supply and demand are the basic criterion for airline ticket prices, pointing out that “prices for Syrian flights recorded a significant increase of more than 100% during the recent period, but the availability of a greater number of Tickets: After an airline returned to operating its flights through agreements with another airline, more travel tickets were made available, and thus a partial decrease in prices occurred.
He added: “There is a shortage in the supply of airline tickets, as a result of the small number of air carriers operating flights to Syria, in addition to the high demand, which has led to a significant increase in ticket prices.”
Big request
The General Manager of Al-Yasmine Travel and Tourism Company, Salah Khaled Salem, said: “The number of airlines operating regular flights between the Emirates and Syria has increased to two companies, compared to one company during the last period, after a third company recently stopped operating its flights. Therefore, the supply has become The number of tickets available is greater, which has led to lower ticket prices, especially with a large demand that is not being met.”
He stressed that operating flights through a larger number of airline companies leads to increased competition and lower ticket prices.
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