From October 30, China's civil aviation will usher in the winter and spring flight season. According to platform statistics, after the adjustment of the winter and spring seasonal flight plan, the number of international flights has increased by nearly 100%. Many airlines have resumed or added new international routes, and the price of return flights has dropped significantly. Among them, the air ticket prices from Madrid to Beijing fell by 80% month-on-month, while the air ticket prices from Manila to Wuhan and Xiamen fell by 78% and 73% respectively. In addition, the air ticket prices dropped by more than 50% on many routes entering the country from Bangkok , Phnom Penh, Singapore , Ho Chi Minh City and other cities.
international flights increased by 1 times
fares decreased by 20% month-on-month
In recent days, many airlines have announced the resumption and encryption of multiple international routes, with the total volume increasing by 1 times compared with before the season. The waypoints involved Asia, Europe and the Americas. Qunar platform data shows that since October, the search volume of international, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan has increased by 90% month-on-month, and routes such as Shanghai-Taipei, Hong Kong-Nanjing, Shanghai-Macao, and Qingdao -Seoul have been popular.
Taking China Eastern Airlines as an example, it will resume several international routes by the end of October, including Shanghai-Bangkok-Qingdao, Hangzhou/Qingdao/Nanjing/Kunming-Tokyo Narita, Qingdao/Nanjing/ Yantai -Seoul Incheon, Qingdao- Dubai and other routes. After the winter and spring flight season officially begins, China Eastern Airlines plans to increase its passenger international routes per week to 42 108 flights.
Since Hong Kong implemented the "0+3" entry policy on September 26, the proportion of passengers entering from Hong Kong has increased from about 15% in September to 40% in October. As of October 25, the number of air ticket bookings from Hong Kong to the Mainland increased by 100% compared with the same period last month. The average payment price for flights from Hong Kong to the Mainland was 20% lower than last month, down from the previous month to below 3,000 yuan.
"Since June, under the coordination of Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council, the Civil Aviation Administration has negotiated with some countries to gradually and steadily increase regular international passenger flights to meet the needs of personnel exchanges. With the gradual increase of international related exchanges, the number of international flights is expected to gradually recover." said Lan Xiang , director of Qunar Big Data Research Institute.
Tongcheng Travel platform data shows that at present, the air ticket prices from major European cities to China have basically returned to between 10,000 and 20,000 yuan, and some routes have dropped to less than 10,000 yuan. Among the major cities in East Asia and Southeast Asia, there are many air tickets below 10,000 yuan for users to choose from. Among them, after Japan announced the lifting of entry restrictions on October 11, the price of economy class air tickets from Tokyo to Shanghai fell to the price range of 5,000-8,000 yuan. Currently, there are still relatively more tickets between October and December.
Senior researcher Zhang Mingyang, Tongcheng Research Institute, introduced that the recent increase in international routes of has provided more options for returning passengers, and the reduction of flight circuit breakers also allows passengers to formulate travel plans more clearly and reduce the possibility of forced changes in trips. As the supply of international routes increases, international air ticket prices will gradually stabilize in a relatively reasonable range, and the travel costs of passengers will be greatly reduced.
Encrypted winter routes
Some ticket prices are as low as 10% off
In addition to the regular adjustments, some airlines have added multiple domestic tourism routes.
According to seasonal changes and market demand in Guangdong, China Eastern Airlines optimizes flight arrangements, continuously improves route quality, adds new dense routes to provide passengers with high-quality travel services. After the season change, China Eastern Airlines (including Shanghai Airlines , Zhonglian Airlines ) added 6 new routes in Guangdong, including Guangzhou-Hefei-Harbin, Shenzhen-Hangzhou, Zhuhai- Xuzhou -Dalian, Zhuhai- Changzhou , Jieyang Chaoshan-Hefei- Shanghai Pudong , Jieyang Chaoshan- Nanchang -Shanghai Pudong, encrypting the routes of Guangzhou-Qingdao, Shenzhen-Taiyuan, Zhanjiang -Wuhan, Jieyang Chaoshan- Ningbo , Jieyang Chaoshan- Liuzhou -Chengdu Tianfu and other routes, among which the flights from Jieyang Chaoshan to Shanghai increased to 11 flights per day, meeting the express line standard. At the same time, China Eastern Airlines continues to optimize the "Guangzhou-Shanghai" and "Shenzhou-Shanghai" high-quality express lines, with wide-body aircraft flying above 75%.
New Flight Season, Long Airlines will fly 132 domestic routes, covering 86 domestic cities.In Guangzhou, Changlong Airlines has newly launched the Guangzhou-Lanzhou-Korla and Guangzhou-Zhengzhou-Kashgar routes. On the basis of optimizing the route structure of the new flight season, Longlong Airlines has continued multiple high-quality products at the same time. As the official partner of Hangzhou Asian Games , it has launched the "Super Asian Games Cabin" and "Low Carbon Economy Cabin" Asian Games theme products to help Asian Games publicity and practice the concept of green Asian Games; transit products can be combined with more than 100 routes to reach the whole country; flight challenges, youth special offers and other products to provide passengers with more travel benefits.
Jiuyuan Airlines has added new routes from Guangzhou to many places, including Guangzhou-Hefei-Changchun, four flights per week; Guangzhou-Hefei-Chengde , four flights per week; Guangzhou-Hefei-Chengshan , three flights per week; Guangzhou-Chengshan , three flights per week; Guangzhou-Chengchun, four flights per week; Guangzhou-Xining-Urumqi, four flights per week. Among them, Ezhou is the new waypoint for Guangzhou. After the season change of
flights, airlines launched a large number of low-priced air tickets for passengers to choose from, and the price of part naked tickets is less than 200 yuan. For example, on November 11, Beijing-Harbin will be 0.9% off 140 yuan; on November 3, Shanghai-Xiamen will be 1.2% off 178 yuan; on November 8, Chengdu-Beijing will be only 220 yuan; on November 3, Guangzhou-Nanjing will be 189 yuan.
passengers should note that in addition to the addition of routes and shift schedules for this season, the departure time of some of the original flights in has also been adjusted, especially in cities with two airports such as Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu. For example, starting from October 30, Tianfu International Airport will continue to transfer, and flights such as Air China, Sichuan Airlines , and China Southern Airlines will undergo adjustments.
[Reporter] Liu Qian
[Author] Liu Qian
[Source] Southern Media Group Southern + Client
