Originally Posted by GW76
Not strictly true. Airlines pre-empt what they expect to be higher bookings. On the day World Cup fixtures were announced BA and EZY flight prices went up, a similar situation ( high publicised) occurred when a Scottish Football team was to play in Spain- the low cost airlines were attacked for putting their prices up on those specific days. Although commonly the case, higher prices do not necessarily mean definite higher bookings and cannot be accurately used to judge load figures.
It is certainly not a way for accurately judging load factors, I still think it can be used to give a rough idea though.
Sat 08 Jul 2006
Depart 14:25
Arrive 16:00 £ 111.89
Sat 08 Jul 2006
Depart 16:25
Arrive 18:00 £ 36.89
That's for EDI-NQY-EDI, and I think it would be safe to assume that bookings on EDI-NQY are stronger.