Ticket rush to the United States

From November 1, it will again be possible to travel to the United States. After 20 months of border closures due to the pandemic, US authorities have announced that people vaccinated against Covid-19 and having performed a negative PCR test less than 72 hours before travel will be able to travel to the country again. . According to BFMTV, French travelers have flocked to plane tickets for the United States since this announcement.

“The French are obviously impatient to be able to travel to the USA”, confirms Sophie Hocquez, commercial director of the French bee airline. “Since the announcement of the lifting of travel restrictions to the United States, we have seen a significant increase in bookings, especially for the holiday season,” said Air France. “There is a very high demand for flights to the United States for the month of December. New bookings last week for the end of the year were as high as they were in 2019 for the same period “, specifies for its part Lufthansa to our colleagues.

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Tickets cheaper than before the crisis

The Company thus noted that “sales (of tickets for the United States, editor’s note) in France jumped to + 156% cumulatively over the week of September 20 to 26 compared to that of September 13 to 19”. the travel search engine Liligo, searches for fares for a flight to the United States have tripled since the announcement of the reopening of the American borders on September 20. “75% of sales are made on flights in 2021 so it’s very positive for the resumption of activity in the short term “, notes La Compagnie. According to Liligo, quoted by BFMTV, ticket prices for the United States are for the moment more advantageous for the French than before the crisis, with an average price 17% lower at the end of the year compared to the same period in 2019.

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