Orange with Media Services, published on Thursday 21 April 2022 at 18:09
“Despite these dynamics, and with the exception of Guyana, the level of ticket prices remains lower than that observed in 2019”, before the Covid-19 crisis that emptied planes and prompted companies to reduce their rotations, according to the Ministry of Ecological Transition .
This is not really good news for travelers.
The average prices of airline tickets on routes between mainland France and the overseas territories have rose 13.5% in one year in March, while generally remaining below 2019 levels, according to official figures released on Thursday, April 21. “The first quarter of 2022 will end with a 6.1% increase in airfare prices from France compared to March 2021, all destinations combined,” according to the government-published Air Passenger Price Index (IPTAP).
This increase, which occurs in a context of gradual resumption of air transport after the health crisis, inflation and conflict in Ukraine that soared oil prices strong differences. Indeed, “from the metropolitan France, prices increase by 1.0% on the domestic network and by 6.2% on the international network compared to March 2021”, according to the Ministry of Ecological Transition, which publishes the IPTAP every month. And in detail, the virtual stability of prices between French destinations is due to very contrasting situations between “a substantial drop in ticket prices on intra-urban routes (-8.3%) and a strong increase on the Metropolitan-Overseas network (+13.5%)”.
The trend is even clearer from overseas departments : an increase in the price of airline tickets “particularly significant with fares” an increase of 14.3%” over one year, notes the ministry. “This trend affects the four departments, but it is again on departure from Reunion that prices show the highest increases, both on intra-OM routes and to mainland France (+30%),” said the same source.
“Despite this dynamic, and with the exception of Guyana, the level of ticket prices remains lower than that observed in 2019″, before the Covid-19 crisis that emptied planes and prompted companies to reduce their rotations. The routes between mainland France and the overseas territories were among the routes that both resisted the most and made the most marked recovery, a phenomenon consistent with their role of territorial continuity.
According to the latest figures from Groupe ADP, manager of Paris airports, these connections had recovered 82.5% of their March 2019 level last month, while all bundles combined, Orly and Roissy last month had only 68.7% of their passengers. recovered three years ago.
“Strong recovery prospects” in 2022
The Voyageurs du Monde group, specialist in tailor-made travel and adventure travel, reported on Thursday “strong prospects for recovery” in 2022. “The evolution of the Covid pandemic in 2021, combined with a very low number of accessible countries, has significantly disrupted activity “, and “only the summer with few open destinations (Europe, Africa) and guaranteed departures at the end of the year, will have made it possible to achieve a turnover of 151.7 million euros” during the fiscal year ending in December, the group said in a press release.
The annual turnover is therefore 29% higher than in 2020, but still a decrease of 69% compared to fiscal year 2019, year in which turnover reached EUR 487 million. The group – which includes in particular the Voyageurs du Monde, Terres d’Aventures, Comptoir des Voyages and Allibert Trekking brands – also has last year, net losses were reduced to EUR 300,000, against 13.7 million losses a year earlier. Faced with “the very sharp decline in activity” in 2021, Voyageurs du Monde says it has “continued to take significant steps to reduce costs”.
For the current year, the group is optimistic and reports “strong recovery prospects”, indicating “to be observed”. a return to normal since the beginning of the year, with a small impact from the war in Ukraine, except for the destination Russia and the countries of Central Europe”. He points out that since the beginning of the year, sales trends “improve month by month compared to 2019: – 42% in January, – 16% in February, – 7% in March”.
Throughout the year, “subject to a resumption of the Covid-19 pandemic and/or a deterioration of the international situation related to Ukraine”, Voyageurs du Monde states that its goal (excluding external growth) is to a turnover between 70 and 75% of that of 2019, ie about 350 million euros in 2022. The group adds that it has strengthened its financial structure, in particular through the arrival of new investors in the capital, with the aim of “accelerating” its international development.
