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Offline rangerrebew

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The End Of Cheap Flights
« on: Thursday, Apr 20, 2023 02:53 am »
The End Of Cheap Flights
APRIL 18, 2023
By Paul Homewood

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Jetting off to the Mediterranean this summer? I hope you got a good deal, because cheap flights are becoming increasingly hard to find.

You probably had an inkling that the era of absurdly cheap short-haul flights in Europe was coming to an end. After all, according to travel search engine Kayak, summer flights between the UK and the continent are currently one-third more expensive than last year. But two new reports make it clear that this isn’t just temporary turbulence.

It’s the new reality for flying as airlines face a huge decarbonization challenge and tightening climate-compliance laws.

The first headwind stems from two big changes in the European Union’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). Airlines must have enough emissions allowances to cover every metric ton of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere on flights starting and ending in the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland. Right now, they get about half of those allowances for free. But that deal comes to an end in 2026, as the share of allowances they have to pay for starts to rise from 2024. That is effectively going to double their carbon costs over just three years.

https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2023/04/18/the-end-of-cheap-flights/
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Re: The End Of Cheap Flights
« Reply #1 on: Thursday, Apr 20, 2023 02:57 am »
About a 1 1/2 ago, she who must be obeyed, and I flew to NY from Michigan to visit our son and his family.  We're going again soon but the airfare has about tripled since then.  Even with the price of gas being as exorbitant as it is, it will still be cheaper to drive, cheaper by a long shot.
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Re: The End Of Cheap Flights
« Reply #2 on: Thursday, Apr 20, 2023 04:59 am »
I assume big government - in Europe and the US - is hellbent on destroying the airline industry.
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Re: The End Of Cheap Flights
« Reply #3 on: Thursday, Apr 20, 2023 05:28 am »
Before the end of regulation in 1978 airfare's were structured to keep the riff-raff out of the sky's.(/s)  45 years later only  riff-raff fly commercial.  You meet a better class of traveler on a Greyhound or Amtrak.
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