On the morning of November 22, Vietnam Airlines Group (including Vietnam Airlines, Pacific Airlines and VASCO) announced the provision of more than 650,000 additional seats, equivalent to more than 3,000 flights on domestic routes in Vietnam for the 2025 Lunar New Year.
Accordingly, from January 13, 2025 to February 12, 2025 (ie December 14, the year of the Dragon to January 15, the year of the Snake), Vietnam Airlines Group will provide more than 650,000 seats, equivalent to more than 3,000 flight on domestic flights in Vietnam.
This flight increase 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.
The increased flights 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...
According to airlines, many flights during the current Lunar New Year holiday have a seat occupancy rate of up to 70 - 80%, focusing on flights from Ho Chi Minh City to northern and central provinces such as Thanh Hoa, Quy Nhon, Chu Lai, Dong Hoi...
The number of visitors is expected to continue to increase sharply next month.
Surveying on the websites of Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet, Bamboo Airways, and Vietravel Airlines for the 2025 Lunar New Year, round-trip ticket prices from January 25 to February 2, 2025 (from December 26 to the 5th day of Tet) continued to increase sharply, double that of normal days and higher than the survey two months ago.
Current flight route Ho Chi Minh City - Hanoi Vietjet is recording the cheapest price of 7.2 million VND/round trip, while other airlines such as Vietnam Airlines, Bamboo Airways, Vietravel Airlines range from 7.3 - 7.5 million VND/round trip. Compared to two months ago, the ticket price has increased by about 300,000 VND.
Similarly, Vietjet opened a round-trip ticket sale for Ho Chi Minh City - Thanh Hoa at VND7.3 million; Vietnam Airlines at VND10 million. Notably, the Ho Chi Minh City - Dong Hoi route was sold out on peak days of January 24 to 25.
The Ho Chi Minh City - Da Nang route is currently at 5 million VND/round trip, while the Ho Chi Minh City - Quy Nhon route ranges from 5.2 - 5.9 million VND/round trip.
Agent representatives said that round-trip ticket prices for Tet 2025 are from 800,000 to 1.2 million VND/ticket compared to normal days. The Ho Chi Minh City - Hanoi route, if booked during peak times, will cost between 6-8 million VND/round-trip, significantly higher than Tet 2024 at 6-6.7 million VND/round-trip.
Vietnam Airlines Group also plans to lease 4 more Airbus A320/A321 aircraft, including 2 wet leased aircraft (including flight crew) to serve the Tet peak season. Each aircraft is expected to operate 180 flights during this occasion.
Talk to Tuoi Tre Online , a private airline, said it will add 2,000 seats per day for Tet flights. This person assessed that Tet flight tickets will be as difficult to get as usual, so passengers need to proactively plan their travel and buy tickets early to avoid the situation where tickets are sold out close to the flight date.
Especially with some provincial routes, the demand for travel has increased dramatically but the flight frequency is not high, so there will often be a shortage of tickets and high prices.
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