People wait to buy airline tickets until the last minute, while economic uncertainty is present in abundance – Jalopnik

Airlines say that passengers book flights much later than normal, often within two weeks before departure or less. This ensures a nervous aviation industry, which may not accurately predict what the question will be in the coming months without the usual indicator of early ticket sales. Flights may have to be canceled or added, depending on whether passengers buy seats at the last minute – or simply do not buy at all. The winter holiday season, usually a busy time for airlines, can undergo major disruptions, depending on how it breaks.

When Bloomberg Reports, the industry has already flown through a turbulent year. Geopolitical tensions may have been considered on the enthusiasm of the journey, not to mention the rates that arise about the global economy. A few controversial aircraft is probably not crashing this year, such as a Jet from American Airlines who poured a Black Hawk helicopter and a 787 against an Indian city. The air traffic control of America is at least in excellent condition – oh wait, that also suffers poorly and publicly.

With all that added, February saw the steep falls of passengers, although this has since been sufficiently recovered to prevent the airlines from panicking. Yet that is for an industry that expected growth this year, that is away from the course. Moreover, many of the above continue as persistent problems. And even if the total tickets are at least with last year more or less, the airlines will still have prediction problems if everyone buys them.

At least in the short term, all these chaos can benefit you. Per The New York TimesThe prices are now quite a bit down for those who fly internationally in Economy Class. Those tickets are around 11% cheaper than this time last year. Domestic flights have been a bit more stable and premium seats are about the same or higher. If you have the money, it seems that traveling is still on the menu.

For everyone it is more a “wait -and -see” environment. If they come in the direction of their vacation time and the air has not yet fallen, people only pull the tractor than at the end possible moment. Especially with lower prices and airlines that push deals to get passengers in seats, it can be a good thing for you if you want to travel soon.

But all these low prices are bad things for the airlines that you will actually fly there, and this cannot remain forever. An environment in which a company does not know how many flights it need to disrupt it at its best and in the worst case contraction. The holiday will be here before you know it; Let’s see if enough flights are planned for everyone.