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