France-Algeria flight fares rise 10%, Digitrips says

The average price of a flight from France to Algeria rose 10% in October compared with a year earlier, reaching 323 euros.

ObservAlgerie reported the figures, which come from a barometer by Digitrips made for L'Écho touristique. The study looked at 91,164 economy class tickets booked with Digitrips during October, for return trips.

It includes direct flights and flights with a connection. Bookings were made on average 65 days before departure.

Algeria ranks 10th among the 20 foreign countries most booked from France. Across all destinations, fares rose 4.5% in October.

The rise to Algeria was therefore bigger than the average for all destinations.

Average fares from France to Morocco fell 8% over the year, to 304 euros. Fares to Tunisia also fell 8%, to 289 euros.

The fare to Algeria was 19 euros more than the fare to Morocco and 34 euros more than the fare to Tunisia.

The report links the wider rise in air fares to higher kerosene costs for airlines. Several carriers have passed more of these rising costs on to passengers, after limiting increases to protect demand.

The barometer shows average prices for bookings, not the price of any single flight. It does not show how much of the rise comes from demand, seat numbers, travel dates or airline pricing.

Algerians abroad who travel regularly to Algeria face higher average fares than a year earlier.