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Airways are cashing in on the following spherical of walk-outs on the railways, which start on Friday.
Many air fares between Scotland and London are 50 per cent or extra greater on days when prepare drivers are putting. However flying from Edinburgh to London should be cheaper than by prepare.
Members of the Aslef union are staging “rolling” strikes on 5, 6 and eight April.
Amongst key long-distance operators, prepare drivers will stroll out at Avanti West Coast and CrossCountry on Friday 5 April, with LNER and Nice Western Railway (GWR) passengers hit on Saturday 6 April.
Neither Avanti nor CrossCountry will run any trains on Friday, whereas on Saturday solely very restricted companies will function on LNER and GWR.
From Glasgow to London Gatwick on Friday, the primary easyJet flight of the day is promoting at £106 – in contrast with £69 on Thursday and £97 on Saturday. The traditional Avanti West Coast off-peak fare is £125, although cheaper Advance tickets are normally accessible.
On Saturday, when LNER is working solely a skeleton service between Edinburgh and London, the distinction is even higher. The primary easyJet flight from the Scottish capital to Gatwick is promoting for £69 on Friday however £148 on Saturday.
The common fare for the Edinburgh-Gatwick route on easyJet is:
- Friday: £93
- Saturday: £163
- Sunday: £113
A spokesperson for Britain’s greatest finances airline mentioned: “easyJet’s pricing is demand pushed with fares beginning low and growing as fewer seats can be found to e book. We don’t artificially enhance fares.”
But flying should be cheaper than taking the prepare. LNER is pricing most accessible trains on Saturday on the £200 Anytime fare.
On British Airways, the very best fare from Edinburgh to London Heathrow on Friday is £336, whereas on Saturday the noon departure is promoting at £1,147 – or near £20 for each minute spent within the air.
Journeys usually coated by CrossCountry are additionally promoting properly for the airways. Between Edinburgh and Bristol, easyJet has a mean fare of £94 on Friday and £113 on Sunday, however £153 on Saturday, the strike day.
GWR has cancelled all long-distance trains from the West of England and South Wales to London on Saturday. However from Newquay in Cornwall to Gatwick, tickets for Saturday are nonetheless accessible on Jap Airways for £140 one-way – in contrast with £200 on Friday.
Mick Whelan, normal secretary of Aslef, mentioned: “As [rail minister] Huw Merriman advised the Home of Commons Transport Choose Committee, it might have been less expensive – for everybody – to have settled this dispute a very long time in the past.”
All fares researched direct from airline and rail web sites on the morning of Wednesday 3 April.
