For the route Ho Chi Minh City - Hai Phong, Vinh, Thanh Hoa, the price is 4 - 6 million VND/round trip ticket. Airfare has gradually increased when there was information about the Prime Minister's decision on the 2024 Tet holiday for seven days, from February 8 to February 14, 2024 (ie from December 29 to the 5th day of Tet).
Airlines find it difficult to reduce Tet tickets when some airlines drastically reduce the number of planes - Photo: C.TRUNG
According to airlines, a total of nearly 6 million tickets have been sold by domestic airlines, except for provincial flights with a large number of passengers, while main routes are still slow.
A representative of Vietravel Airlines said that this year's Tet ticket market not only has competition between airlines, but also between the aviation market and the road and rail market because workers are tightening their spending at the end of the year.
Some airlines are reducing their fleet from 30 planes to 11, some even have 3 planes... Renting additional planes for Tet is also facing many difficulties.
"This year, few airlines have the capacity to increase flights, while small airlines face challenges in leasing aircraft and stabilizing operations, making it difficult to increase frequencies. Not to mention, the number of customers buying tickets will increase sharply in the days leading up to Tet when they receive their year-end salaries," said an airline.
Some airlines are starting to make a profit, but with resources "basically exhausted", there are fewer and fewer airlines offering promotions and discounts on domestic Tet flight tickets. Input costs are increasing, so Tet ticket discounts will be difficult to happen. Therefore, many airlines recommend that passengers who want to travel during Tet should buy tickets in advance to avoid the situation of sold out tickets and few flights as desired...
