Civil Aviation Resources Network News on April 17, 2024: According to the monitoring of the data of the flight ticket, the search volume of air tickets has increased significantly as May Day approaches. On April 16, the search index for air tickets surged by 130% compared to the previous day. The most popular search places in China are Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, and the most popular outbound destinations are Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, Macau, and Singapore. It is worth noting that Japan currently has the highest search popularity, and with the depreciation of the yen, it is predicted that Japan will become even more popular.
The number of flights between China and Singapore has nearly recovered to the level of the same period in 19 years, and the number of flights between China and Japan has recovered by more than 70%.
In terms of flight volume, as of April 16, the number of domestic passenger flights to and from Japan has recovered to more than 70% of the same period in 2019, with an average of 246 round-trip flights per day in the past week, the domestic passenger flights to and from Singapore have nearly recovered to the level of the same period in 2019, with an average of 103 round-trip flights per day in the past week, and the number of domestic passenger flights to and from Thailand has recovered to more than 60% in the same period in 2019, with an average of 246 round-trip flights per day in the past week.
The average price of domestic air tickets on May Day increased by 80 yuan year-on-year, and the fares of popular outbound destinations were lower than some domestic fares
Through the search of low-cost air tickets, it was found that as of 11:00 on April 17, the average price of domestic air tickets on May Day was 948 yuan (excluding tax), an increase of about 80 yuan compared with last year's fare. Air ticket prices are higher on the day before the holiday (April 30) and on the day of the holiday (May 1), and there are still low-cost tickets in popular destinations such as Lijiang, Zhengzhou, Chongqing, Yantai, Qingdao, Guiyang, and Sanya in the middle of the holiday. For example, on May 3, Chongqing-Lijiang is less than 400 yuan, Hefei-Chongqing is about 300 yuan, and Wuhan-Sanya is 350 yuan.
Popular outbound destinations are cheaper than some domestic flights
In terms of international air tickets, the price of domestic air tickets to Japan starts from 500 yuan, domestic air tickets to Singapore start from 448 yuan, domestic flights to Thailand start from 548 yuan, and domestic air tickets to South Korea start from 415 yuan. Currently, overseas air tickets are cheaper than some domestic air tickets.