A travel insider has warned Brits planning holidays that flight ticket prices are due to soar over the coming months.
With inflation soaring by more than 10% and many households struggling to keep up with rocketing gas bills, the latest news will be a particularly unwelcome one for Brits desperate to get away this year.
Willie Walsh, director general of the International Air Transport Association, has said that rising oil prices in part caused by the war in Ukraine would lead ticket costs to jump up.
He also warned that flight cancellations would push up demand for seats on other planes, inflating prices.
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He told the BBC's Sunday Morning: "Flights are getting more expensive because of the high price of oil and it has been clear to everybody that will be reflected in higher ticket prices.
"Flying will be more expensive for consumers, without doubt.
"Oil is the single biggest element of an airlines' cost base. It is inevitable that ultimately the high oil prices will be passed through to consumers."
Mr Walsh added that it was important that airlines were able to cancel flights to sort out their schedules.
He said: "I think that it is right that these cancellations are made early because that will allow airlines and their customers to adapt to the revised schedules.
"I actually expect people to be able to get away. I think there will be some disruption but I don't think it will be on the scale we have seen to date.
"I believe that there are solutions that have been put in place."
The warning of rising plane ticket prices will make the prospect of going away a difficult one for families weighing up whether to stay in the UK or go abroad this summer.
Competition to claim seats on planes has grown due to the cancellations, which is seeing ticket prices climb.
The prospect of long lines at airports such as Heathrow, Bristol and Manchester, as well as difficulty getting bags off of planes, is not an overly tempting one.
If you manage to get through the airport gauntlet, there's a chance your flight won't even leave.
Easyjet have also axed around 10,000 flights between July and September, affecting 1.5 million people.
British Airways has also grounded tens of thousands of services until the end of October, meaning its typical summer schedule has been reduced by 18% in total.
At the same time difficulty filling vacancies in hotels, bars and restaurants in the UK, along with sharply rising prices, means staycations are more expensive than ever.
