Originally Posted by curiousexplorer

If it’s not something that others are seeing across the board, then it might also have to do with my market conditions in Romania from OTP. There might be a lot of demand and limited seats, while LH probably has more flights and can offer better prices. Until now it was more manageable, but with the war nearby, some capacity cuts from other airlines etc maybe it’s also a factor.

For example:

27 Jun - 2 Jul
OTP - BER AFKL Economy: 622€ / Business: 779€
OTP - BER *A Economy: 249€ / Business: 501€

For long-haul I see that in general prices tend to be relatively in line with the competition and it’s not such a big challenge, but for short and medium-haul it’s hard to find flights that are competitively priced. For example, for a flight last month OTP - SVG I paid aprox 500€ (bought more than a month in advance, it actually got a bit cheaper in time compared to the initial prices), while for another flight to BER 414€, but I got away with it because LH was also over 300€ at the time and it was in the (relatively) justifiable area. 😅

Also, planes are almost always fully booked on OTP-AMS and OTP-CDG (at least for the past 2 years), so maybe they prioritise long-haul passengers as we lack any direct longhaul flight from OTP and there’s a lot of demand.