Band 6+: The charts below give information about the price of tickets on one airline between Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, over a two-week period in 2013.

The given charts provide insights into the flight cost between two cities in Australia throughout a period of two weeks in 2013.

As a synopsis, both flight routes have relatively similar trends in terms of price fluctuations during the surveyed timeframe, with the flight to Melbourne from Sydney maintaining a generally higher ticket price overall.

Both cities’ airline ticket prices saw a drastic plummet between Monday and Thursday in the first week, before soaring upwards during the weekends. For Sydney, the cost peaked at 80$ on Monday and for Melbourne, Thursday saw the highest ticket cost at also 80$. Similarly, the two flight paths both settled at 50$ on Sunday.

The prices on in the second week have generally less price-shiftings. Melbourne plateued around 35$ between Monday and Thursday until undergoing a veritable growth to 60$, then stayed around 50$ the following days. Sydney, likewise, stagnated at roughly 40$ at the weekdays before skyrocketing to 75$, afterwards slowly whittling down to 50$ on Sunday.