'Hot' Tet flight ticket prices, airlines increase flights and flights early

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam will closely monitor the situation of seat reservations and airfares on domestic routes to promptly direct additional capacity on routes with high demand, meeting passenger travel needs during the peak of the Lunar New Year 2025.

Flight ticket prices during Tet are double normal days

Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (HKVN) will create conditions for airlines to add aircraft fleets; adjust parameters for coordinating landing and take-off times at Tan Son Nhat International Airport (from January 14 to February 12, 2025); and direct service units in the air transport chain build Plan, prepare resources, and be ready to serve nighttime hours during Lunar New Year 2025.

According to a survey of PV Tien Phong , although it is still nearly 3 months until Lunar New Year, the price plane tickets has doubled compared to normal days. Specifically, the ticket price difference is about 800,000 - 1.2 million VND/ticket and is equal to the average monthly income of workers, civil servants and urban laborers.

Tet flight ticket prices have doubled compared to normal days.

Round-trip ticket prices for flights from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi, Vietnam Airlines , Vietravel Airlines, Bamboo Airways range from 6.8 - 7.3 million VND.

For the flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Quy Nhon, the cheapest ticket price is 5.5 million VND of Vietjet Air, Vietravel Airlines, Bamboo Airways and the highest is 10 million VND if flying with Vietnam Airlines.

The cheapest round-trip ticket for the HCMC - Thanh Hoa route is 7.3 million VND with Vietjet Air and 10 million VND if flying Vietnam Airlines

Nearly 200 more flights, airline receives new aircraft

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has regular flight permits Winter flight schedule 2024 for 5 Vietnamese airlines and 72 foreign airlines with more than 4,600 round-trip flights/week, an increase of 188 round-trip flights/week compared to the summer flight schedule.

The winter flight schedule includes the participation of 4 Vietnamese airlines (Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air, Vietravel Airlines and Bamboo Airways) and 72 foreign airlines. The total frequency reaches 2,720 round-trip flights/week, of which Vietnamese airlines reach 1,013 round-trip flights/week and foreign airlines reach 1,707 round-trip flights/week, an increase of 152 round-trip flights/week and 236 round-trip flights/week, respectively, compared to the summer flight schedule.

Vietnamese airlines operate 98 flight route Regular international flights to 20 countries and territories, an increase of 6 routes compared to the summer flight schedule. Accordingly, Vietnam Airlines operates 60 routes with a frequency of 420 round-trip flights/week, an increase of 41 round-trip flights/week; Vietjet Air operates 71 routes with 580 round-trip flights/week, an increase of 110 round-trip flights/week compared to this year's summer flight schedule.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has granted permission for regular winter flight schedules, including an increase of 188 round-trip flights per week compared to the summer flight schedule. Illustration photo: VNA.

Foreign airlines from 30 countries and territories operating regular international flights to Vietnam operate passenger or cargo flights on 124 routes, an increase of 3 routes compared to the flight schedule last summer. Noi Bai, Tan Son Nhat and Da Nang are the airports with mining activities with maximum frequency and intensity.

Compared to the summer flight schedule, this winter, foreign airlines operate one less route and Vietnamese airlines operate two more international routes; the total international frequency increases by 6 round-trip flights/week. Domestically, there are 5 Vietnamese airlines with 4 routes and a frequency of 347 round-trip flights/week. International airports such as Cam Ranh and Phu Quoc are being boosted by international airlines in the winter flight schedule.

Regarding the increase in capacity and flights, on November 5, Bamboo Airways welcomed a narrow-body A320 at Noi Bai, joining the Bamboo Airways fleet before the year-end peak season, to improve service capacity. passenger before each peak travel season. Also this year, Bamboo Airways has gradually increased the size of its fleet after completing the unification of its fleet.

Mr. Luong Hoai Nam - General Director of Bamboo Airways - said that for nearly a year, the airline has been constantly searching and negotiating with aircraft leasing units around the world to receive more aircraft in the context of the world aviation industry's shortage of aircraft supply. Currently, the airline is still actively working with partners and is expected to receive more new aircraft before the new year of At Ty, responding to the call to supplement the transport force and increase the supply capacity on international and domestic routes of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam.

“Bamboo Airways still has a long way to go to reach its goal of restoring its fleet to 30 aircraft, but the airline has been taking steady steps to realize that goal. Our near-term goal is to operate 18 aircraft by the end of 2025, if market conditions are favorable,” said Bamboo Airways General Director.

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