Romanians purchased airline tickets totaling 9 million EUR in January, an increase of 33% compared to the same period last year, with 95% of these directed toward destinations in Europe.<\/p>\n
The cheapest ticket sold was 10 EUR for a London – Bucharest flight, while the most expensive ticket was 2,508 EUR for a Bucharest – New York flight.<\/p>\n
At the same time, the average price for an airline ticket was 158 EUR per person, up from last year when the average fare was 118 EUR per person.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had sales worth 9 million euros, and the number of tickets purchased by Vola.ro customers is significantly higher than last year, (…) There are many bookings recorded for flights in the immediate future, but we also have advance bookings for flights in the coming months, including for New Year’s Eve,\u201d says Claudia Tocil\u0103, marketing director at Vola.ro.<\/p>\n
According to Vola.ro data, customers who purchased airline tickets during the Ieftinuarie 2024 campaign will fly to 345 destinations and land at 377 airports worldwide. In terms of the top destinations, we find cities to and from which Romanians fly frequently: Bucharest, with 17.78% of bookings made on the platform, London, with 5.17% of bookings, Ia\u0219i, with 4.01% of bookings, Brussels, with 3.7% of bookings, and Milan, with 3.35% of bookings. This list also includes destinations such as Dublin, Paris, Rome, Barcelona, Cluj-Napoca, or Madrid.<\/p>\n
The average length of stay at the destination is 7 days, and Europe is once again the preferred continent for Romanians, with 95% of the tickets sold during Ieftinuarie 2024 being for European countries. Africa follows with 3% of January bookings, Asia with 1.5% of January bookings, North America, and South America.<\/p>\n
This year will also feature two major sporting events, the European Football Championship and the Olympic Games, which will be held in Paris; as a result, bookings have already been made for Euro 2024, and the cheapest ticket cost 120 EUR for a Timi\u0219oara – Munich flight. The Olympics have not been forgotten by Romanians either: the cheapest flight during the period of the Olympic Games cost 110 EUR on the Cluj-Napoca – Paris route.<\/p>\n
What was the total value of airline ticket sales in Romania this January?<\/strong><\/p>\n In January 2024, Romanians purchased airline tickets worth 9 million euros via Vola.ro, reflecting a 33% increase compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n What is the average price of an airline ticket in 2024?<\/strong><\/p>\n The average price for a ticket reached 158 euros per person, an increase from 118 euros recorded during the same period last year.<\/p>\n Are Romanians already booking flights for major sporting events like Euro 2024?<\/strong><\/p>\n Yes, travelers have already started booking flights for Euro 2024 and the Paris Olympics, with fares starting from 110-120 euros for routes from Romanian cities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Romanians purchased airline tickets totaling 9 million EUR in January, an increase of 33% compared to the same period last year, with 95% of these directed toward destinations in Europe. The cheapest ticket sold was 10 EUR for a London – Bucharest flight, while the most expensive ticket was 2,508 EUR for a Bucharest –…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":90909,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[2299],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-114967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism","tag-bilete-de-avion"],"article_style_override":"on","post-style":"style2","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turism-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114967"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=114967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}