With just over half a month left until the Lunar New Year 2025, many domestic flights are now fully booked and airfares are increasing day by day.
Ticket price survey data shows that during the Lunar New Year, before the holiday, airfares for many routes from Ho Chi Minh City to the provinces are airlines listed at high prices, even many routes have "sold out" tickets in economy class.
Specifically, on January 22, 2025 (ie December 23 of the lunar calendar), the routes Ho Chi Minh City - Vinh, Ho Chi Minh City - Hai Phong, Ho Chi Minh City - Thanh Hoa or the main routes such as Ho Chi Minh City - Hanoi, the basic economy class ticket price is currently listed by airlines at about 2.9 million VND.
Meanwhile, on January 25, 2025 (the first day of the holiday), many flights such as Ho Chi Minh City - Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City - Hue, Ho Chi Minh City - Nha Trang, Ho Chi Minh City - Thanh Hoa, Ho Chi Minh City - Vinh are 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.
On January 22, 2025, January 25, 2025, as well as January 27, 2025 (December 28), on these routes, both Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet Air listed much lower prices, from only 90,000 VND.
Typically, on flights from Hai Phong, Vinh, Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, VietjetAir offers promotional fares starting from 0 VND. Bamboo Airways and Vietravel Airlines also offer attractive fares starting from 25,000 VND on flights from Da Nang, Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City.
Unlike flights to/from Ho Chi Minh City, before Tet, on tourist flights such as Hanoi - Da Nang, Hanoi - Quy Nhon, Hanoi - Phu Quoc, the ticket prices for the outbound and return flights were recorded to have no significant difference, fluctuating from only nearly 1 to 3 million VND depending on the route.
However, on January 25, 2025, on some flights such as Hanoi - Quy Nhon, Hanoi - Phu Quoc... it is recorded that economy class tickets of some airlines are sold out.
After the holiday, when people started to return to work, ticket prices from the Northern and Central provinces to Ho Chi Minh City reversed.
On February 2, 2025, the end of the holiday, sold-out tickets were recorded on many routes from Buon Ma Thuot, Hue, Nha Trang, Thanh Hoa, Pleiku, Dong Hoi, Vinh, Chu Lai... to Ho Chi Minh City. Also on this day, on flights from tourist destinations such as Quy Nhon, Phu Quoc... to Hanoi, some airlines also sold out tickets.
On February 8, 2025, the first weekend after the holiday, ticket prices still showed a skewed trend, when flights from Ho Chi Minh City to airports such as Da Nang, Pleiku, Vinh, Noi Bai... were listed by airlines from only 0 VND, while in the opposite direction, ticket prices remained high.
24/7 operation, ensuring to meet the needs of night flights
To meet the high travel demand during Tet, Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has directed airports such as Tho Xuan, Dong Hoi, Chu Lai, Phu Cat, Pleiku, Tuy Hoa to deploy 24/7 operations, serving night flights.
In addition, in order to meet and ensure the connection between road traffic and aviation, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has sent a document to the People's Committees of provinces and cities requesting support in implementing solutions to serve Tet 2025, recommending that the People's Committees of provinces and cities 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 the frequency of buses to serve passengers, especially passengers on night flights to and from airports....
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam will continue to request Vietnamese airlines to study and consider adding flights to routes that are currently full from Ho Chi Minh City to the Northern and Central provinces on days before Tet based on operational capacity, airport infrastructure, and ensuring safety and security.
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