Why flights to Mallorca are currently so expensive

A flight with Eurowings from Palma to Berlin in November, for example, most days cost at the end of last week between 100 and 130 euros. However, on the one hand anomalous values ​​were recorded, such as at the beginning of the month due to the autumn holidays (339.99 euros on 6 November), on the other hand there were still single days with bargain flights (39.99 euros on 17 November) . The return flight from Berlin to Palma was cheaper on average and cost in November between 50 and 90 euros. To the direct competitor Ryanair fluctuations and prices, albeit at a lower level, were rather contained similar. all around Christmas however, prices start to rise again in December.

The trend continues to point upwards

The prices of Flights to Mallorca they are no exception. According to a recently published analysis by the comparison portal Check24 are the prices of flights between Spain and Germany an average of 32 percent this Christmas above those before the outbreak of the corona pandemic. On average, you pay 400 euros for a return flight to Spain during the holidays, after 384 euros last year and 303 euros at the turn of the year 2019/2020.

And the trend continues to point upwards. Aviation expert Cord Schellenberg MZ expects flight prices to rise even more. Airlines should the increase in kerosene prices, but also the increase in personnel costs and airport taxes pass to passengers. And of course keep an eye on your profit. “Sure, airlines like it when prices go up,” says Cord Schellenberg.

Low-cost airlines in retreat

Also, the low-cost airlines with reference to the high airport charges partially withdraw from Germany. Ryanair has completely said goodbye to Frankfurt am Main and EasyJet reduces the number of airmen stationed in Berlin from 18 to eleven. According to the Federal Association of the German Aviation Industry, low-cost airlines in Germany are now offering a third fewer flights than before the pandemic a.

Scarcity of supply contributes to rising prices. Exceptions prove the rule or are more likely to be assigned to the marketing department. This is how Ryanair advertises the Nuremberg Airport currently with the “greatest flight plan of all time”. Majorca flights to and from Nuremberg cost as little as each for many days in December €16.99. Without a suitcase, of course – with luggage it costs 40.99 euros. In general, however, Ryanair also assumes that prices will rise: according to press reports, the head of Germany Andreas Gruber expects the average price for a Ryanair flight over the next “five years” increase from 40 to 50 euros become.

How do customers behave when prices go up?

the question arises how customers react to price increases. „Higher prices have been systematically accepted this summer”Cord Schellenberg noted. It remains to be seen whether this will remain the case against the backdrop of inflation and the energy crisis in the winter. “We don’t know how the next few months will develop,” says the expert.

Work-related optimism is given Tui tour operator in the day. Germany Chief Executive Stefan Baumert said during a visit to Mallorca on Tuesday (October 18) that he hoped prices would peak. “The longer-term forecasts tend to assume that prices will fall again”he said in an interview with MZ.

The holiday planes come to a complete stop

As a precaution, the flight schedules are already there heavily thinned. This goes for them holiday flyerbut they have been taking a winter break for years. Tui Fly will almost completely suspend its flights in December and January. At best, blue planes can be seen in Mallorca as a full cruise ship charter right now.

From February there will again be direct flights from Düsseldorf, Hanover, Frankfurt and Stuttgart. competitor Condor it also suspends its flights from mid-November to mid-February. From then on, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Leipzig, Frankfurt and Stuttgart will be on the program again. Depending on the airport, up to five days a week.

The largest providers remain Ryanair with twelve German airports and Eurowings with 17 during the winter. With an average of 15 weekly connections to Mallorca in the winter months, the Lufthansa offshoot mainly relies on Düsseldorf, followed by Cologne with around ten weekly flights. Ryanair also flies daily to Cologne and daily to Frankfurt Hahn.

Occasionally Dresden and Leipzig

Between November and March, however, there will also be significantly fewer connections with these two providers. With Ryanair, Dresden and Düsseldorf are omitted. Eurowings will continue to fly direct to Dresden and Leipzig throughout the winter, but only occasionally. As a result, the east of Germany is much less well connected than the west. There is only one city regularly served by Eurowings, Ryanair and Easyjet: Berlin.

According to Schellenberg, airlines calculate this winter mainly with spontaneous bookings. Due to the politically and economically uncertain situation, not everyone dares to plan a vacation. At the last minute, however, many have decided to travel, especially if it leads to the familiar and nearby Mallorca. “People will definitely continue to take vacations, but they will decide to do so at much shorter notice than in the past,” says the expert.