If your clients are flying into a World Cup host city this summer, warn them now: the price tag is climbing fast.
American Express Global Business Travel‘s latest Business Travel Pulse report finds that major sporting events — and they don’t get bigger than this year’s 48-nation, 16-city tournament across the US, Mexico, and Canada — are squeezing corporate travelers with reduced availability, busier airports, and sharp airfare hikes to host destinations.
On average, U.S. domestic flights to host cities have jumped 42 percent year-over-year, while flights from Europe to host cities are up 13 percent. Airfares to non-host cities, by contrast, are climbing only moderately, underscoring just how concentrated the World Cup effect really is. Airlines are responding by swapping in larger aircraft on select routes to meet demand between June and July.
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