The first edition of the AiFly Flight Deal Index — a monthly, data-first look at what actually happened in the flight-deal market, drawn from every deal that passed our verification pipeline. No projections, no press-release prices: only fares we tracked, checked and published.
Where the deals were
East and Southeast Asia dominated June. Singapore (32 deals), Shanghai (28), Hong Kong (25), Bangkok (21), Tokyo (19) and Seoul (19) led the destination table — long-haul Asia produced more verified deals than any other region, with Chinese and Gulf carriers repeatedly undercutting the market. In Europe, Palma de Mallorca (20) and Barcelona (17) headlined the summer short-haul wave, and Croatia’s Zadar quietly became June’s best-value coastal city — it appears five times in our deepest-discount list, from five different countries.
On the departure side, London (45), Stockholm (31), Vienna (29) and Brussels (28) were the strongest origins, but the spread was wide: deals departed from dozens of cities across Europe (624 euro-market, 110 UK, 27 Swiss), North America (214 US, 44 Canadian) and Oceania (46).
Standout long-haul deals of June
| Route | Airline | Price | Below typical |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stockholm → Bangkok | Norse Atlantic | €346 | 37% |
| Barcelona → New York | Iberia / Level | €290 | 36% |
| Frankfurt → New York | Singapore Airlines | €469 | 33% |
| Los Angeles → Cairo | EgyptAir | $715 | 38% |
| Manchester → Chengdu | Hainan Airlines | £523 | 33% |
| Amsterdam → Toronto | Air Transat | €357 | 30% |
Short-haul deal of the month
Budapest → Naples for €29 round-trip (Wizz Air) — 75% below the route’s typical deal price, the deepest verified discount of June. Honourable mentions: Edinburgh → Belfast £30, Madrid → Tangier from €44, and that five-country parade of sub-€55 Zadar fares (Vienna €30, Wrocław €33, Barcelona €45, Gothenburg €51, Copenhagen €53).
What it means for July
Two patterns worth acting on: Asia long-haul remains a buyer’s market — if Bangkok, Shanghai or Seoul is on your list, fares 25–35% below typical are appearing weekly, mostly on 1-stop full-service carriers with a checked bag included. And Mediterranean short-haul is peaking — the deepest discounts cluster on shoulder dates, not mid-July. Before booking anything, run the fare through our Price Check tool — it scores your fare against the same benchmarks used in this report.
Methodology. Data: all 1,078 deal posts published on AiFly between June 1–30, 2026, each carrying verified travel dates, route, fare and airline. “Below typical” compares the fare to AiFly’s per-route typical-deal benchmark, built from 347,000+ tracked fares (route benchmarks). Discount averages use the 977 deals with a recorded benchmark. More on the pipeline: how AiFly verifies deals. Generated from our tracking data and reviewed by the editor; may be cited with attribution to AiFly.one.