Price escalation on business routes
The British Airways strike has affected nearly 300,000 passengers.
The price hikes look set to worst hit business travelers on short-turnaround trips. All flights from London to Denver on Monday were sold out; but flying out Tuesday morning and returning that evening would cost a staggering £4,378 ($5,413) in economy -- an inflation of 1347% over British Airways' September lead-in fare of £325 ($402) return.
According to airfare specialists Flight Centre, the average cost of a return fare from London to Denver over the past 12 months has been £425 ($526).
Cairo -- which British Airways is selling for £415 on other dates this month -- costs £2,502 for an economy ticket, flying Monday and returning Tuesday. The flight time to the Egyptian capital is just under five hours, making the fare around £500 per hour -- more than the £403 average fare for the flight in its entirety over the past year.
Flying Tuesday and returning Thursday, the fare leaps to £3,155 ($3,900) -- or £631 per hour -- although the return is in business class, as economy is sold out.
Ironically, the flight is sold as a British Airways flight, but operated by Air Belgium, so it is exempt from the strike action.
BA's sole rival on the route, Egypt Air, has fares from Heathrow to Cairo for £1,092 this week.
Long haul, long prices
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European destinations through the roof
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