WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES
MALTA
By far the biggest price hike for people booking flights out of Dublin next month was Malta. On Tuesday, one return flight to the Mediterranean island from August 1-8 would have cost €177. However, the same booking had increased to €320 the following day – a difference of €143.
And for a family of five – two adults, two children and one teenager – this flight would have cost €885 or €177 per person before the green list was published. However, the price rocketed to €2,130, or €426 per person, yesterday. This family would have saved €1,245 if they had purchased their flights just one day previously.
GREECE
Return flights to Athens for one adult in August were priced at €177, but the following day this booking increased by €47 to €224. And for a family of five, the same journey increased by more than €100 per person, totalling €1,525, which means they would have saved €520 had they booked a day earlier.
CYPRUS
A return ticket to the city of
Paphos for an individual cost €160 on Tuesday, but is now priced at €232 – a difference of €72. And for a family of five, the same trip would now cost them €1,470. A day earlier, Ryanair had priced this booking for €1,365 or €273 per person.
ITALY
If a family had booked a return flight to Rome on Tuesday for a week away in August it would have cost them €375. But the next day the price for the same flight had increased to €695, or €139 per person. This means this family would have saved €320. Adults flying solo would have saved €47 if they decided to book their getaway before the green list was published.
SLOVAKIA
Slovakia saw return flights increase from €81 to €141 in the space of just one day. And for a family of five now booking this flight together, Ryanair is charging €161 per person, an increase of €46.
HUNGARY
On Tuesday, an adult booking a flight to and from Budapest from Dublin in August would have paid €104. This same booking has now increased to €161. A family of five people wanting to get on this flight would need to fork out €910, but if they had booked a day in advance, they would have saved €145 when tickets were €153 per person.