00:00How much is the war in Iran pushing flight prices up?
00:09Disruptions and rising fuel costs are affecting flight routes and fares.
00:14Some key corridors between Asia and Europe have seen prices shoot up by nearly 300% in recent weeks,
00:22according to flight comparison website Flights Finder.
00:24London-Singapore saw the steepest increase, with average fares jumping from around 600 euros to almost 1,800.
00:34A similar spike, 273%, was recorded on the London-Bangkok route.
00:41The reasons are simple.
00:43Airlines have to reroute flights and avoid certain airspace.
00:47Other airlines had to cancel flights altogether.
00:50KLM, for example, reportedly pulled 150 flights because of their operational costs.
00:58But there's another interesting trend playing out.
01:01Budget airlines appear to have cut fares by between 10% and 30% over the past few months.
01:08Experts say that they're trying to tempt people back into traveling.
01:13They've been able to keep prices low thanks to fuel hedging, buying oil in advance at fixed prices.
01:20But those agreements are expected to start wearing off later this year,
01:25and that could push up prices on intra-European routes as well.
01:29are we right now?参照
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