Singaporeans have to pay more for air fares out of Singapore, than the other way round. This is due to the pricing policy of Singapore Airlines, which is followed by other airlines. Read the article in TKL website or click here.
It's been quite a standard business model for airlines, especially flag carriers to charge domestic originated flights as much as they can get away with and foreign originated flights as low as they can afford to allow.
Domestic market is semi-captive with national brandname awareness and inertia. Foreign market is the real battlefield for volume.
It's been quite a standard business model for airlines, especially flag carriers to charge domestic originated flights as much as they can get away with and foreign originated flights as low as they can afford to allow.
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