India has the least expensive flight prices in the world

India and Malaysia offered the two least expensive flight prices per 100km of travel, whilst the United Arab Emirates clocked in with the most expensive tickets.

BERLIN, Germany – Online travel agency Kiwi.com have produced a ranking detailing countries of the world which offer the most, and least, affordable flights. The research, which took into account over 1 million international and domestic journeys over the course of a year, found that India offered the least expensive flight prices per 100km of travel, whilst the United Arab Emirates clocked in with the most expensive tickets. As a company which prides itself on offering the best value ticket prices for customers, Kiwi.com undertook the research in order to help travellers find the most suited deals on flights around the world.

Malaysia ranked in position 2, with an average flight cost of €2.09 per 100km of travel, factoring in both domestic and international journeys. Thailand ranked in position 21, with an average flight cost of €4.39 per 100km of travel. The least expensive country, India, averaged a flight cost of €2.92 per 100km of travel. At the other end of the ranking, United Arab Emirates calculated at a cost over 30 times higher, at €94.91 per 100km of travel.

The study revealed the 10 countries offering the least expensive flights are:

	Domestic Flights		International Flights
#	Country	Low Cost cost/100km	Legacy cost/100km	Low Cost cost/100km	Legacy cost/100km	Average cost/100 km
1	India	€2.04	€2.40	€3.18	€4.05	€2.92
2	Malaysia	€2.09	€5.22	€1.90	€4.39	€3.40
3	Russia	€6.31	€5.68	€2.86	€6.30	€5.29
4	Portugal	€3.63	€13.09	€2.52	€4.86	€6.03
5	Indonesia	€3.90	€5.10	€5.55	€10.01	€6.14
6	Azerbaijan	€5.42	€10.50	€2.62	€6.38	€6.23
7	South Africa	€5.11	€8.93	€5.69	€6.61	€6.59
8	Algeria	€8.23	€9.37	€4.65	€5.32	€6.89
9	Philippines	€4.70	€7.42	€3.53	€12.22	€6.97
10	Sweden	€8.06	€13.60	€2.53	€4.79	€7.25

Whilst the 10 countries which offered the most expensive flights were:

	Domestic Flights		International Flights
#	Country	Low Cost cost/100km	Legacy cost/100km	Low Cost cost/100km	Legacy cost/100km	Average cost/100 km
65	Solomon Islands	€50.40	€57.25	€10.66	€11.22	€32.38
66	Switzerland	€39.28	€53.57	€13.24	€26.23	€33.08
67	Austria	€62.58	€62.58	€3.34	€4.07	€33.14
68	Denmark	€23.76	€55.15	€20.30	€36.76	€33.99
69	Belgium	€33.90	€75.86	€12.06	€14.92	€34.19
70	Canada	€7.19	€7.61	€39.24	€84.99	€34.76
71	Japan	€26.51	€65.53	€23.76	€33.19	€37.25
72	The Netherlands	€25.28	€82.18	€15.16	€29.49	€38.03
73	Qatar	€57.79	€76.60	€16.84	€29.67	€45.23
74	Finland	€35.57	€117.44	€7.20	€22.88	€45.77
75	United Arab Emirates	€162.85	€197.85	€8.80	€10.13	€94.91

Full results of the ranking can be found on Kiwi.com’s landing page here

To calculate the rankings, Kiwi.com analysed over a million flights to find an average price of domestic and international flights on a low cost and a legacy airline from each of the countries. Domestic flights were calculated by finding an average of flight costs from the country’s capital to up to five major cities within the country (where available), or a major city in a neighbouring country where no domestic flights were available, whilst international costs were calculated from the capital of each country to up to five international hubs within the same continent. All flights were checked for the same dates of travel (or neighbouring dates where necessary) on- and off-season, taking into account the same destinations and travel scheduling.

“The Aviation Price Index is a fascinating guide to the costs of air travel around the globe,” states Kiwi.com’s CEO, Oliver Dlouhy. “The public may never understand how and when flight tickets change in price; however, they now know which countries allow them to travel further on a budget.”

Further findings from the ranking include:

India offered the least expensive domestic flights on both low cost and legacy airlines, at €2.04 and €2.40 respectively per 100km of travel.

China offered the least expensive international flights on both low cost and legacy airlines, at €1.10 and €2.55 respectively per 100km of travel.

United Arab Emirates offered the most expensive domestic flights on both low cost and legacy airlines, at €162.85 and €197.85 respectively per 100km of travel.

Canada offered the most expensive international flights on both low cost and legacy airlines, at €39.24 and €84.99 respectively per 100km of travel.

Follow TravelDailyNews Asia-Pacific in Google News

Vicky Karantzavelou

Co-Founder & Chief Editor - TravelDailyNews Media Network | + Articles

Vicky is the co-founder of TravelDailyNews Media Network where she is the Editor-in Chief. She is also responsible for the daily operation and the financial policy. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Tourism Business Administration from the Technical University of Athens and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Wales. She has many years of both academic and industrial experience within the travel industry. She has written/edited numerous articles in various tourism magazines.