Airfares for many routes from Ho Chi Minh City to other provinces and cities during the Lunar New Year are sky-high, even "sold out" in economy class.
Survey on ticket sales pages of domestic airlines, airfare Economy class round-trip fares for routes from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi , Hai Phong, Thanh Hoa, Da Nang... during the Lunar New Year 2025 (ie from January 24 to February 3, 2025) have increased from over 1 million VND to over 2 million VND compared to normal days and increased by about 3 million VND compared to the same period last year.
Despite the high ticket prices, airlines said that many Tet flights currently have occupancy rates of up to 80%, concentrated on flights from Ho Chi Minh City to the northern and central provinces and cities.
In preparation for the Tet peak, domestic airlines have planned to add more aircraft, increase capacity, and focus on routes serving the needs of family reunions and spring travel during Tet from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to other localities across the country. While airfares are expensive, many people have chosen to stay in Ho Chi Minh City or some families have used other means of transportation to return home for Tet.
A representative of Vietnam Airlines Group (including Vietnam Airlines, Pacific Airlines and VASCO) said that the unit will provide more than 650,000 seats, equivalent to more than 3,000 flights on domestic routes in the period from January 13, 2025 to February 12, 2025 (ie December 15, Giap Thin year to January 15, At Ty year).
This increase in flights will increase the total number of seats on Vietnam Airlines Group's domestic flight network to more than 2.15 million seats, equivalent to more than 11,000 flights. Accordingly, the increased flights will focus on routes serving the needs of family reunions and spring travel during Tet such as between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Nha Trang, Da Nang, Phu Quoc, Vinh; between Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang, Hai Phong, Hue, Thanh Hoa, Quy Nhon, Pleiku, Chu Lai, Dong Hoi, Vinh, etc.
A representative of Vietnam Airlines also said that currently many flights during the Lunar New Year have a seat occupancy rate of up to 70% - 80%, focusing on flights from Ho Chi Minh City to provinces and cities in the North and Central regions such as Thanh Hoa, Quy Nhon, Chu Lai, Dong Hoi...
Meanwhile, a representative of Vietravel Airlines also said that more than 60% of seats have been sold during the peak period of the Lunar New Year 2025 (January 14 - February 12, 2025). The routes with the highest number of bookings are Ho Chi Minh City - Quy Nhon, Ho Chi Minh City - Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City - Hanoi.
"The purchasing power of tickets for the Lunar New Year 2025 is recorded to be slower than every year, possibly due to the difficult economic situation and the customer's psychology of waiting for more time for ticket discounts, so there is no immediate plan to buy.
However, Vietravel Airlines predicts that the demand for travel during the 2025 Lunar New Year will remain high and the number of tickets purchased close to the date will grow well, partly due to the fact that workers will have a 9-day Tet holiday. In order to meet the travel needs of passengers, Vietravel Airlines plans to add a number of flights on the Ho Chi Minh City - Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City - Da Nang routes to best meet the travel needs of customers," said a representative of Vietravel Airlines.
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