Wendy Zhang/ Shanghai Daily news

A mix of students, tourists and businesspeople to Europe has driven up the demand for air-tickets there, with the shortages expected to ease only after the weeklong National Day holiday, the Shanghai Morning Post reported.
All the air-tickets from Shanghai to London this month have been sold out, and the earliest that tickets will be available is on October 3, at the full price of 5,000 yuan (US$616), said a ticket-seller for China Eastern Airlines.
Not only to London, air-tickets from Shanghai to such main European cities as Paris, Frankfurt and Munich in September are hard to get, said a sales supervisor with the Shanghai China Travel Service.
All the air-tickets to Europe have currently reached their peak prices, with an economy-class ticket to London surging from 3,000 yuan in April to 8,000 yuan, said an industry analyst, adding that August and September are usually the peak season for study, travel and business events.
Air tickets to the US and Canada are not so popular as to Europe.