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Book your holiday travel early if you don’t want to pay sky-high fares.

The cost of holiday flights will hit a five-year high this year, according to the latest analysis by fare-tracking platform Hopper released Monday.

“Significant factors including jet fuel prices, fewer flights scheduled and two years of pent-up holiday travel demand will combine this year to drive Thanksgiving and Christmas airfares to their highest in the last 5 years,” Hopper lead economist Hayley Berg said in its 2022 holiday travel outlook report.

The cost of plane tickets has skyrocketed in recent months even as travelers contend with a wave of flight disruptions and cancellations. As the COVID-19 pandemic recedes, airlines are scrambling to meet higher demand despite shortages of pilots and flight crews, higher fuel costs and other supply chain difficulties.

The disruptions have been

• The number of travelers flying this holiday season is expected to meet, if not surpass, 2019 levels.
• But flying over Thanksgiving and Christmas will likely be less chaotic than this summer, experts say.
• These are the best and worst days to fly, and when you should buy your tickets (right now).

Flying this summer was enough to scar even the most experienced traveler, leaving many of us wondering if the industry will be able to clean up its act in time for the quickly approaching holiday season.

The number of travelers flying during the winter holidays is expected to meet — if not surpassed — pre-pandemic levels, with more than half of Americans planning to travel over Thanksgiving or Christmas, according to Hopper data. Searches for holiday travel are up 25% for Thanksgiving and 35% for Christmas through New Year versus last year, Expedia told

• Booking your holiday travel now is the safe way to go.
• Last-minute airfare bargains might materialize, but this holiday season, it’s doubtful.
• The best time to book a ticket is September, found one analysis.

No, it’s not too early to start planning holiday travel.

It might seem early. Thanksgiving and winter holidays are months away. But experts predict the record demand that turned this summer into a chaotic travel season will carry over to the holidays. If you don’t start planning your trip now, you may be going nowhere.

“Book everything now,” says Tim Hentschel, CEO of HotelPlanner, a travel technology company. “This will ensure availability and act as a hedge against inflation and ongoing cost increases. If you wait until November and December, your winter holiday travel will only be more expensive.”

Demand for travel remains strong. Analysts at CBRE Hotels Research expect hotel rates to fully recover to

TUI has been forced to cancel a number of flights due to Hurricane Ian in the US.

The hurricane has already caused widespread destruction, knocking out Cuba’s entire power grid after 125mph wind speeds.

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Millions of Americans are now on high alert as the storm moves across Florida as a Category Four hurricane.

TUI has been forced to cancel a number of flights from the UK to Melbourne Orlando, the airport in Florida families travel to especially when going on Disney breaks.

They were forced to cancel two flights yesterday, with more affected this week.

TUI said in a statement: “Following a review of the official forecast for