Why are flights so expensive nowadays?

So why are domestic flights more expensive than International flights?

I was checking flight to Ranchi for today it is showing 21k

While today's flights for Bangkok is 14k flight for Dubai is 13k flight for hongkong 16k

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SwirlyTaco

Stealth20mo

Lack or competition.

GoFirst is in a Coma. Spicejet is in the ICU. Akasa pilots deserted them. Air India is being rebooted. Transformation is slow. Vistara doesn't have a wide enough network. Indigo is the only standing (flying) airline.

PeppyKoala

Sprinto20mo

This and high demand

FloatingPancake

Stealth20mo

Diwali + chhath. Highly seasonal. You won't see this trend throughout the year.

PerkyPotato

Stealth20mo

It’s Diwali time! Always high prices around festivals!

DizzyLlama

Atlys20mo

If question is why are the prices high this month in comparison to other Months in this year - it's seasonal time. It's always high for past couple of years.

If you are asking why it's steadily rising for couple of years - we have one of the costliest airline fuels(ATF). To learn more - https://youtu.be/_JnjyPlFh7c?feature=shared