Travel search engine KAYAK has launched a new Airfare Trends Dashboard offering a weekly view of how flight prices are changing over time using KAYAK search data.
With week-over-week and year-over-year insights across domestic and international destinations, the tool gives travellers and advisors a clear look at how factors like seasonality, fuel costs, and broader macro trends are shaping airfare.
The dashboard includes:
- Weekly airfare trends: A comprehensive view of how average flight prices domestically and internationally are changing from week to week, updated every Tuesday
- Year-over-year context: Comparisons to 2025 to help contextualize current pricing levels and how they compare to the same time last year
- Destination-level data: A city-level view at how airfare varies across some of KAYAK’s popular domestic and international destinations and how each is evolving over time
The data tracks airfare trends starting from the first full week of January in 2026 and 2025, offering a clear view of both short-term fluctuations and longer-term patterns.
Canadian trends
- Domestic travel prices remain above last year. Despite coming down for two consecutive weeks in late March, airfare has begun trending upward again.
- International airfare trends mimic 2025. Prices this year are moving in line with last year’s week-over-week patterns since the beginning of March, pointing to familiar seasonal shifts in demand.
- Many popular long‑haul and leisure destinations remain affordable. Airfares to hotspots such as Montego Bay, Paris, Punta Cana and Tokyo are currently lower than or on par with 2025 pricing.
“Airfare trends are evolving differently across routes, while some are getting more expensive, others are seeing prices decline,” said Kayla DeLoache, KAYAK Travel Trends Expert. “For example, flights to destinations like Halifax, Nova Scotia and Paris, France are down as much as 10%. Looking at how prices are changing week to week can help travellers make more informed decisions about when and where to travel.”
Flying vs. driving
As airfare trends continue to shift, travellers may be weighing different ways to get to their destination. KAYAK has also updated its Trip Calculator with the latest gas prices and airfare data to help compare the cost of flying versus driving. Simply enter the route, travel month, and number of travellers to evaluate options.
Kayak says rental car interest remains on par with last year, while prices month-over-month also remain fairly steady, increasing by $6 domestically and unchanged internationally.
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