The airfare that a customer pays directly affects the market position of the airline. Fro an instance, one can trace the emergence of Lufthansa as Europe's second-largest airline. Lufthansa is also the cheapest carrier and passengers have rated it as the one of the best airline in surveys. The airline is best protected in opposition to the ever-soaring price of oil and other such threats. The airfares are also dependent on the on going oil rates and Lufthansa has been able to face this threat by offering more and new air routes. The airfares to some of the destinations may be as little as ninety-nine Euros, and thus, passengers are not hesitating in opting to travel by air. Paying fares for far off destinations that are not otherwise covered by most airlines may also be one reason as to why passengers may have to shell out more.

For a comparative study, one can say that the airfares for a round-trip ticket to Japan from the United States are more expensive than that in the journey from Japan to United States of America. One can spare visits to the American Airlines' United States and Japan Web sites will highlight this discrepancy. For those who are departing from United States of America, this may not be a matter of great concern, but for those who wish to travel from Japan to United States of America, this fact will seem disturbing.