Ryanair’s flight cancellation has affected thousands of passengers, with 18,000 flights cancelled from November to March.
Many travellers have been left stranded abroad, without refunds or simply kept in the dark reading their flights and alternative options.
And with Monarch Airlines going bust, putting another 800,000 travellers at risk with no flights and lost money, it has seen a huge amount of chaos in the low-cost airline industry.
It could soon affect travellers who haven’t been caught up in the mess by making their holiday more expensive.
Travel website Skyscanner has found that Britons could end up paying 23 per cent more for their tickets since the flight chaos.
Flights to Dublin suffered the most, costing a whopping £106.39 after 15 September when the problems started, compared to before and costing just £74.46.
Even popular destination Barcelona is now costing approximately £15 more per person post the issues.
Therefore those who aren’t even affected by any of the recent problems, having not booked with Ryanair or Monarch, could still face a pricier holiday.
How can I still get cheap flights?
Passengers should always use a credit card to book their flights with, to ensure that they are protected in the occasion that the airline they book with go bust.
It is also worth choosing to fly on different days of the week to still grab some bargain flight tickets, with Friday and Sunday being the worst days to fly and Tuesday being one of the cheapest.
It is worth choosing certain carriers.
Other airlines could be at risk, with Air Berlin and Alitalia going under within the last year, two other European airlines.
However, easyJet, Lufthansa and IAG appear to still be on top and could now mean, with a less saturated market, continue to rise.
It is thought that the problem for Monarch’s demise came down to a variety of factors.
Terrorism was blamed by the company, due to the lack of flights to Turkey and Spain after terrorist attacks.
Brexit was also blamed after the weaker pound, as well as the increasing competition with budget airlines.
Transport minister Chris Grayling told Sky News: “Monarch’s problem was it was it was neither one thing nor the other. It was not really… a package holiday airline, nor was it really a low-cost airline.”
