Representatives of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam have just informed about the booking situation and domestic airfares for the Lunar New Year 2025. Accordingly, during the beginning of the holiday period (from January 21 to January 28), the booking rate on flights from Ho Chi Minh City to other localities is increasing rapidly and is almost full.
Some routes have reached 100% booking rate, such as: Hanoi - Buon Ma Thuot, from Ho Chi Minh City to Hue, Pleiku, Tuy Hoa, Quy Nhon, Buon Ma Thuot, Quang Binh, Thanh Hoa, Vinh...
At the end of the holiday period (from January 30 to February 7), the booking rate increased sharply on flights from the local area back to Ho Chi Minh City, in which, some days on the routes had booking rates reaching or approaching 100%. Accordingly, flights from Pleiku, Tuy Hoa, Thanh Hoa, Quy Nhon, Chu Lai, Dong Hoi, Ban Me Thuot, Vinh to Ho Chi Minh City were almost fully booked.
For the main routes such as Ho Chi Minh City - Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City - Hanoi, Hanoi - Da Nang, Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City, the occupancy rate in the period from January 25 to February 2 (December 26 to January 5 of the lunar calendar) is increasing rapidly, especially on the Ho Chi Minh City - Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City - Da Nang routes, some days near Tet have seen a high rate of over 80%.
Tickets from Ho Chi Minh City to the North are sold out, and 0 VND tickets appear in the opposite direction.
A survey of airfare prices shows that during the Lunar New Year, before the holiday, airfares for many routes from Ho Chi Minh City to the provinces were listed at high prices by airlines, and many routes were even "sold out" in economy class.
Specifically, on January 22, 2025 (ie December 23 of the lunar calendar), the basic economy class ticket price from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi, Vinh, Hai Phong, Thanh Hoa is currently listed by airlines at about 2.9 million VND (excluding taxes and fees).
Meanwhile, on January 25 (the first day of the holiday), many flights from Ho Chi Minh City to Da Nang, Hue, Nha Trang, Thanh Hoa, and Vinh were all "sold out".
However, due to the high demand for travel back to hometowns to celebrate Tet in the Northern provinces, airlines have to operate many empty flights (ferries) from the Northern and Central provinces to return to Ho Chi Minh City, so the ticket prices in the opposite direction from provinces such as Buon Ma Thuot, Hue, Thanh Hoa, Pleiku, Dong Hoi, Chu Lai, ... to Ho Chi Minh City are showing a clear opposite price trend.
Specifically, on January 22, January 25, and January 27, 2025 (December 28), on these routes, both Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet Air listed much lower prices, starting from only 90,000 VND.
Typically, for flights from Hai Phong, Vinh, Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, VietjetAir offers promotional fares starting from only 0 VND. Bamboo Airways and Vietravel Airlines also offer attractive fares, starting from only 25,000 VND on flights from Da Nang, Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City.
Additional flights from Ho Chi Minh City to Northern provinces
In order to serve the travel needs of people during the 2025 Lunar New Year, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has directed the airports: Tho Xuan, Dong Hoi, Chu Lai, Phu Cat, Pleiku and Tuy Hoa to deploy a 24/24-hour operation plan, ensuring to meet the airlines' night flight needs.
In addition, the Civil Aviation Authority has also sent a document to the People's Committees of provinces and cities to direct relevant departments, agencies, and transportation service providers such as taxis and technology cars to increase operating hours, increase the number of vehicles, and increase bus frequency to serve passengers, especially passengers on night flights to and from airports....
In addition, the Department continues to request Vietnamese airlines to add flights on routes that are currently full from Ho Chi Minh City to the Northern and Central provinces near Tet.
Source: https://baohaiduong.vn/nhieu-chang-bay-chay-ve-cuc-hang-khong-yeu-cau-tang-cuong-chuyen-bay-402237.html
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