Originally Posted by
COTraveler123
Then U.S. airlines like Delta will be in trouble then! The weakening dollar will put a huge strain on the American middle class who will cut European travel as the dollar continues its massive fall. If Europeans won't pick up the slack then U.S. airlines like Delta have will be flying empty planes. England and Europe will be out of reach for many Americans that could afford it last year. The collapse of the dollar will impact many travel habits. I avoided Europe and England for years in the 2000s when the dollar was weak back then. I had been going to Europe and England like crazy the past four years when we had a strong dollar. We will see big changes in American travel patterns, hopefully Delta management is ready to adapt! Europeans will have a strong currency to use to travel the world!
It is the same reason we saw a huge decraese in Australians coming to the U.S., but we saw more Americans going to Australia. The Australian dollar has been weak. Now the U.S. dollar is very weak. We will start to see big pattern shifts of who travels where on Delta and other airlines.
USD is near all-time highs vs AUD at the moment...
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/AUD%3DX/
USD vs EUR is higher than it has been since pre-2022 and off only 9% from the brief parity spike in 2022:
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/EUR%3DX/
USD GBP is around the 50th percentile of its trading range since 2015:
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/GBP%3DX/
The brief USD spike in 2022 should not be considered the norm, but we are not seeing anything close to a dollar crash or "massive fall" at all.
Don't think exchange rates are going to affect travel at all in the present. Your bank balance, in whatever currency you use, will.