Google Flights and other similar tools are allegedly having some issues when it comes to detecting airfare conditions. If this is true, it would drastically affect people, especially since commercial flights during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic are quite complicated.
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For example, in 2019, a round-trip ticket across the United States only costs $100 on average. However, this June, airfare sales rose by $408.
This is because of the rising demand for commercial flights. On the other hand, the issue between Ukraine and Russia also affects the flight tickets' prices, especially since there's a drastic fuel hike.
Google Flights, Other Tools Can't Detect Airfare Conditions?
According to The Wired's latest report, Google Flights, Kayak, Hopper, Skyscanner, and other similar online tools are all affected by the latest commercial flight patterns, becoming more unpredictable.
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A jet comes in for landing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on April 15, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. With skyrocketing fuel prices and a weak economy, US airlines are turning to mergers which could ultimately lead to higher fares through reduced flights and increased market power. US carriers emerged from a five-year slump in 2006 but with $35 billion in losses.
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Experts said that these tools are designed to follow historical data, as well as the arcane rules of airfare, allowing them to predict the best time to purchase an airplane ticket easily.
Because of the issues happening in the commercial airline industry, the accuracies of Google Flights, Kayak, and other airfare condition-predicting tools are reducing.
"Machine learning likes to learn from old and past repeatable patterns, and make predictions based on the likelihood of those patterns working again," said Giorgos Zacharia, Kayak's President.
Airfare Inflation Leads To Less Demand?
Since airfare conditions are becoming more complicated, Forbes reported that the rising ticket prices are now leading to fewer commercial flight demands.
This means that active airplane passengers are now becoming fewer as the airfare inflation worsens.
Adobe Digital Insights' lead analyst, Vivek Pandya, said that they are seeing many individuals canceling or delaying their flights.
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