MANY of us love to complain about how expensive flights from Australia are. We’re so far away, we constantly have to endure many hours cramped into uncomfortable airline seats in order to get to our much-loved destinations such as Europe and America.
But it turns out that we actually have it pretty good when it comes to the price of air travel.
That’s according to the 2018 Global Flight Price Ranking, which has placed an Australian airline at the top of its list of the cheapest airlines around the world.
A total of 50 carriers were analysed in the report by online travel agency Rome2Rio, which found that passenger on Pacific low-cost airlines are paying the least for their trips when calculated in $US per kilometre.
Surprisingly, Tigerair topped their list, followed by AirAsia X, Indonesia AirAsia, Jetstar and Etihad.
According to the research, Tigerair’s cost was a tiny $US0.06/km ($A0.08/km) and it received much praise for its recent takeover.
Rome2Rio wrote: «Following years of bad press (it was voted Australia’s worst airline three years in a row), it was bought by Virgin in 2014 who seem to have turned its fortunes around.
«It’s not often we say this, but sometimes cheapest can be best.»
Some may ponder, though, whether the writers have actually been on a Tiger plane.
Meanwhile, the most expensive Australian airline on the list was Regional Express at $US0.59/km ($A0.78/km), while Qantas was at $US0.15/km ($A0.20/km)…
