Flight costs in South Africa are among the most reasonable globally according to a survey undertaken by online travel agency Kiwi.com.
It comes in at position 11 in the annual ranking detailing the cost of air travel in 80 countries.
To calculate the rankings, Kiwi.com analysed over a million flights to find an average price of short-haul and long-haul flights on low cost and full service airlines from each of the countries. Domestic flights were calculated by finding an average airfare from the country’s capital to up to five major cities within the country, or to a major city nearby in a neighbouring country when no domestic flights were available. The price of international travel was calculated based on flights from all international airports within the country, to several international hubs. All flights were checked for the same dates of travel taking into account high and low seasons.
South Africa, in position 11, has an average flight cost of US $7.25 per 100 km of travel, factoring in both short haul and long haul journeys. This compares with the most affordable country, Malaysia, averaging a flight cost of $4.18 per 100 km. At the other end of the ranking, Belgium calculated at a cost over 13 times higher, at $54.63 per 100 km. South Africa placed in position 7 in 2016’s ranking.
The study revealed the 10 countries with the most affordable flights per 100 km:
The 10 countries which with themost expensiveflights:
Full results of the ranking can be found at https://www.kiwi.com/stories/flight-price-index-2017/usd/
“Ticket prices fluctuate constantly and for many reasons. Some of the changes from one year to the next can be attributed to fuel prices, sociopolitical shifts like Brexit, and recent elections. Egypt and Turkey, for example, saw a decrease in ticket prices because of a decrease in demand as a result of regional turmoil," said Kiwi.com CEO Oliver Dlouhý.
