One-Way Airplane Ticket Sales Are Way Up — Here’s Why
Photo Credit: The number of one-way flight tickets sold has increased in recent years Pixabay / herbert2512
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Travel advisors don't love booking one-way flights for customers due to the additional work it entails. But the practice will continue to boom if airfares don't drop and airlines don't expand their flight schedules.
The pent-up demand for travel this summer has driven travelers eager to resume Covid-interrupted trips to rapidly snap up flight tickets. Consumers in the U.S. alone spent an estimated $8.3 billion on air travel in May, a 6.2 percent increase from the previous month.
But a growing number of those travelers are buying two one-way flight tickets, with travel advisors saying that soaring airfares in recent months and a reduction in flight schedules has made them more appealing to customers.
"Before the pandemic, round-trip flights were more cost-effective. That doesn't appear to be the case any more," said Tracey McGoughy, an advisor at travel agency Carib Compass Travel & Wellness.
"If I were to estimate it, 100
