The average check for round-trip air tickets booked from January 1 to January 15 with departure in the first half of 2020 has decreased significantly for both domestic and international destinations. This figure for round-trip air tickets within Russia has decreased from 7,307 to 5,883 rubles (-19.5%), abroad - from 19,601 to 16,742 rubles (-15%) compared to the same period last year.
The leaders of the rating of the cheapest destinations in Russia were St. Petersburg - Kaliningrad (-45%), Orenburg - Moscow (-44%) and Moscow - Mineralnye Vody (-41%).
Round trip route
|
Average bill, 2020
|
Average bill, 2019
|
%
|
1. Saint Petersburg - Kaliningrad
|
3 724
|
6 837
|
-45,5
|
2. Orenburg - Moscow
|
6 997
|
12 610
|
-44,5
|
3. Moscow - Mineralnye Vody
|
4 150
|
7 077
|
-41,4
|
4. Moscow - Vladikavkaz
|
4 074
|
6 790
|
-40,0
|
5. Saint Petersburg - Sochi
|
6 107
|
9 621
|
-36,5
|
6. Moscow - Kaliningrad
|
4 984
|
7 737
|
-35,6
|
7. Saint Petersburg - Krasnodar
|
4 454
|
6 832
|
-34,8
|
8. Moscow - Yekaterinburg
|
6 415
|
9 728
|
-34,1
|
9. Mineralnye Vody - Moscow
|
4 306
|
6 406
|
-32,8
|
10. Kaliningrad - Moscow
|
4 900
|
6 865
|
-28,6
|
Abroad, the destinations that fell in price the most included Prague (-34.2%), Berlin (-34%) and the Thai resort of Koh Samui (-31%).
Round trip route
|
Average bill, 2020
|
Average bill, 2019
|
%
|
1. Moscow - Prague
|
13 859
|
21 054
|
-34,2
|
2. Moscow - Berlin
|
10 914
|
16 527
|
-34,0
|
3. Moscow - Koh Samui
|
43 698
|
63 972
|
-31,7
|
4. Moscow - Phuket
|
35 708
|
49 842
|
-28,4
|
5. Moscow - Milan
|
8 949
|
11 947
|
-25,1
|
6. Moscow - Yerevan
|
8 754
|
11 304
|
-22,6
|
7. Moscow - Dubai
|
16 769
|
21 572
|
-22,3
|
8. Moscow - Kyiv
|
11 457
|
14 709
|
-22,1
|
9. Moscow - Munich
|
12 634
|
15 987
|
-21,0
|
10. Moscow - Istanbul
|
8 203
|
10 037
|
-18,3
|
The agency's experts attribute the reduction in the cost of flights to the ongoing expansion of the route map of low-cost carriers, the strengthening of the ruble exchange rate, and the increase in the supply of charter flights (an increase in the share in the Biletix system from 0.6% to 7%).
Source: trn-news.ru