The latest Market Recovery Update from Kiwi.com includes the top 5 destinations for the Czech Republic, Spain, and Slovakia, together with the top 5 European routes taken between 20 July and 2 August 2020. The update also includes a comparison between long and short-haul flight bookings and trends for virtually interlined flights versus direct.

• With a number of European destinations implementing new restrictions or quarantine for nationals returning, we have seen a three percent decline in bookings for the period of 3 August to 16 August 2020 compared to the previous two weeks. Travelers are delaying making a decision on booking to nearer the time of departure, as they monitor the situation, with the average booking window (time between booking and departing) dropping to 16 days, from 23 days for the same period one month ago.  Although Greece recently tightened controls on whom they allow to enter the country, it is still showing as a top destination over the past two weeks with Vienna-Athens, and London-Athens being the top two most popular European routes for Kiwi.com customers.
   
• Top 5 destinations for the Czech Republic (excluding domestic travel):
  • Spain
  • Italy
  • The United Kingdom
  • Greece
  • Ukraine
• Top 5 destinations for Spain (excluding domestic travel):
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • France
  • The United Kingdom
  • Austria
• Top 5 destinations for Slovakia (excluding domestic travel):
  • The United Kingdom
  • Bulgaria
  • Croatia
  • Czechia
  • Greece
• Top 5 European routes (excluding domestic travel):
  • Vienna – Athens
  • London – Athens
  • Tirana – London
  • London – Tirana
  • Vienna – Palma, Majorca
• Short and medium-haul flights dominate Kiwi.com bookings:

  

  • Virtually-interlined flights versus direct flights booked via Kiwi.com for 20 July – 2 August 2020:

    

  • Third-party payment platform market recovery data across travel industry clients:

  

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  About Kiwi.com 

  Kiwi.com was founded in 2012 by Oliver Dlouhý and Jozef Képesi. The travel tech company was created for travelers by travelers. Its proprietary algorithm – Virtual Interlining – allows users to combine flights and ground transportation from more than 800 carriers, including many that do not normally cooperate. Kiwi.com powers more than 100 million searches every day and employs 2,000 people worldwide.

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