RE:Just Buy some air travel tickets and Find out the PRICES 😆Julie remind me not to let you book my flights!
I just booked Calgary to Montreal return 750.18 including taxes of 168.99 so airlines take is 581.19! While that is slightly higher than what I paid pre-pandemic it is actually slightly lower when accounting for 4 years of inflation.
I also just got back from Punta Cana which I go the same time every year. The price was $100 more than I paid in 2019 but actually cheaper when accounting for inflation.
I am also booked for Cuba in less than 2 weeks again the price is actually cheaper than in 2019 when accounting for inflation.
I am not sure where you are flying or whether you are not paying attention to when and how you book but when you account for inflation prices generally are not much different.