Flight Trends June 2010
Crete, Sydney and Jo-burg up, Malta, Madrid and Venice down
With souring temperatures heating up the UK, the growing US oil slick and the World Cup all influencing travel patterns this month, cheap flights comparison site Skyscanner investigates the flights trends for June 2010.
The top four slots remain unchanged with Malaga (1), Alicante (2), Palma (3) and Tenerife (4) all holding their positions. Dalaman moved up one spot, displacing Faro, London held steady at number seven and Ibiza moved up to position eight, displacing the popularity of flights to New York. Flights to Orlando entered the top ten, rising two places and displacing Dublin, likely due to the opening of Harry Potter World.
Highest Climbers
Greece will be pleased to see that Crete was amongst the highest climbers, rising five places to 33, which comes after predictions that the country’s tourist industry would suffer, following civil unrest earlier in the year. Searches for flights to Sydney also rose five spots to 34, as did Johannesburg which moved into number 45, likely due to football fans travelling to the World Cup.
Biggest Fallers
There were no significant drops in rankings this month. Destinations to fall the most were Luqa (Malta) which fell by five spots, Madrid which fell by three and Venice which also fell by three.
New Entries
New to the Top 50 this month were Corfu, Antalya and Hong Kong.
Drop Outs
Pisa, Frankfurt and Fuerteventura all disappeared from the June Top 50, after sitting in the upper 40s last month.
Country Rankings
Looking at the most popular countries overall, Spain tops the list, followed by the UK itself then the USA, Italy, France, Greece, Germany, Portugal and Cyprus.
Skyscanner Says
Skyscanner Co-founder Barry Smith commented:
This month sees Dalaman pushing into the top five, and two US destinations in the top ten. At country level, Spain remains strong and Italy, France and Greece are all performing well.
1. Malaga (Spain) [0]
2. Alicante (Spain) [0]
3. Palma (Spain) [0]
4. Tenerife (Spain) [0]
5. Dalaman (Turkey) [+1]
6. Faro (Portugal) [-1]
7. London (UK) [0]
8. Ibiza (Spain) [+1]
9. New York (USA) [-1]
10. Orlando (USA) [+2]
For full top 50 see: http://www.skyscanner.net/news/articles/2010/06/006915-skyscanner-flight-trends-june-2010.html
