The bar chart delineates the information for the cost of airline tickets from Sydney to Melbourne and the reverse direction over a two-week period in 2003. From an overall perspective, it is readily apparent that in the second half of the period the price of airline tickets was substantially more expensive in both directions. The most high-priced tickets were observed on Mondays and Fridays, while on Tuesdays and Wednesdays tickets were the cheapest.
Regarding the direction from Sydney to Melbourne, the cost of tickets on Monday was higher at $80 as compared to the second week at $50. The trend was comparable in both weeks, with the cost of flights more than halved on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, making up $36 before a marginal increase of $4 on Thursday. However, the cost of flights in the last three days of the weeks experienced a surge in the price of tickets on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at $75, $70, and $50, respectively.
In terms of the reverse direction, in the first week the price started at $60 on Monday, then declined to $35, where the cost levelled off for three days. There was an uptick when the price peaked at $80 before declining to $20 and finishing the week with the price at $50 on Sunday. In the second week, the price began at $40 on Monday and slightly dropped for the next three days, where the price remained unchanged at $35. Finally, the cost on Friday increased to $60 before a downtick to $50 for the last two days of Saturday and Sunday.