There is a certain irony when a flag carrier such as THY is more competitive in many cases than a charter/budget airline. Thee's been articles in the press over the past few months about this "increase in capacity to Turkey", so given folks comments I can only assume many of the seats have been sold off as part of package deals resulting in higher prices for the remainder.
On the flip side (for me anyway), £103rtn from Glasgow to Malaga for a week in June, or £88rtn between Edinburgh and Sevilla - all plus bags, but its obvious how our oldest daughter has been out here four times since August and already has another two or three trips booked. Single flights are still from £30 so theoretically she could come out here for the same amount of money she'd spend on a night in town plus taxis. Hard choice, isn't it...
We are going to Cuba all inclusive for many hundreds of pounds less than a comparable deal in a similar hotel and dates in Olu Deniz or Belek.
Spent a month traveling round Cuba a few years ago, started off in Havana and worked our way down to Santiago in the south. Lovely country, lovely people, cracking music scene and the best rums in the world all available for pennies. Only downside is that you don't go to Cuba for the food
JF