Australia ranked 12th priciest country for flights

[codash1099]

Australia ranked 12th priciest country for flights - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

I get the bit about labour costs, but I wonder why Sweden rates among the cheapest.

 

[Melburnian1]

An average cost of A$39.45 per 100km travelled means for the SYD - MEL route (just above 700 air kilometres) the typical one way fare is A$280.

Were they doing a simple average of economy and business class fares, even though well above 85 per cent of travellers may be in economy class?

$280 one way doesn't seem realistic. I'd like to know the survey's methodology. I am suspicious of some of these online corporate surveys: what was the sample size, was it uniform for each country, what assumptions did they make, what class of ticket was surveyed (there's a huge price difference between say a class T discount economy ticket and full fare Y) and so on.

 

[moa999]

And Webber thinks JetConnect still operates in NZ..

And thinks NZs shorter flights contribute to lower costs

 

[Shan Man]

Were they doing a simple average of economy and business class fares, even though well above 85 per cent of travellers may be in economy class?

$280 one way doesn't seem realistic

It could be that alot of business travel is booked within the week of travel. I know my travel to syd melb return costs around $450-600 in whY when I book only two or three days before and the thought of a 6am flight down and 8pm flight back for $160 each way is just too much to deal with.