4:05 pm today

School holidays flights 167% more expensive

From Checkpoint, 4:05 pm today

Consumer NZ tracked a series of return flights for a family of 4 over 18 weeks to see what happened to prices during school holidays. Turns out, according to Consumer, flights in the school holidays were up to 167 percent more expensive than in the 3 weeks prior. Compared to Qantas prices during the same periods, Air New Zealand came off second best. Consumer NZ CEO, Jon Duffy spoke to Lisa Owen.