April 29 is about to set off for a trip, but on the 28th found that the ticket price has been reduced, Mr. Sun of Hefei is very puzzled, "the holiday is coming, how is it cheap?" The reporter learned from Feichang Zhun big data that this year's "May Day" holiday Chinese civil aviation will break last year's record, ushering in the busiest "May Day" holiday in history, and the average price of domestic economy class air tickets in the past 7 days of the holiday was 852 yuan (excluding tax), down from the same period last year. Industry insiders said that "busy" and "price reduction" are not contradictory, the supply and demand situation after the increase in airline capacity during holidays, and the diversion of passenger flow by high-speed rail will affect the temporary adjustment of air ticket prices.
Spit out The day before departure, the price of the ticket was reduced"I haven't set off yet, it's already 40 yuan cheaper. On April 28, Mr. Sun from Hefei complained to reporters that he took a flight from Hefei to Taiyuan, Shanxi Province on April 29, and when he checked the return ticket, he accidentally found that the departure ticket for the same flight had been reduced in price.
Mr. Sun said that he is also a travel enthusiast, according to his previous experience, such routes from Hefei to Taiyuan are not popular routes, and the ticket price will not fluctuate too much on weekdays, "Holidays will definitely rise, so it is cost-effective to buy tickets in advance." But I didn't expect that the price was reduced the day before departure, "The voyage is not long, and the full price ticket is less than 1,000 yuan, and it is directly reduced by 40 yuan." He bluntly said, "I don't understand, when I booked before, the platform also showed that the discount ticket booking was tight."
Mr. Sun told reporters that judging from the return ticket checked on the morning of the 28th, there was a discounted price on the 5th, and the ticket price was about 20 yuan lower than the previous query. ”
The reporter noticed that as the "May Day" holiday approached, Mr. Sun's complaint was not an exception. Some netizens said that they bought a ticket from Zhengzhou to Jieyang, and the price booked in advance was 2,501 yuan, and then they found that the exact same flight was 1,391 yuan, with a difference of more than 1,000 yuan.
data Domestic airfares fell month-on-monthOn April 28, the reporter learned from Feichang Zhun Big Data that the total take-off and landing of domestic airports during this year's "May Day" holiday is expected to be 151612, with an average daily take-off and landing of 30,322 flights, an increase of 8.99% over last year's "May Day" holiday and an increase of 36.2% compared with 2019. During this year's May Day holiday, China's civil aviation will break last year's record and usher in the busiest May Day holiday in history. Specifically, from the perspective of Hefei Xinqiao Airport, it is expected that the total take-off and landing will be 1,454, including 1,442 domestic flights, an increase of 1.11% over last year's "May Day" holiday.
As of 17:00 on April 26, according to the monitoring of the flight data of regular air tickets, the price of domestic air tickets near the "May Day" has fallen. The average price of domestic economy class air tickets during the "May Day" holiday in the past 7 days was 852 yuan (excluding tax), down 1.13% year-on-year and 22% month-on-month. The price of many popular routes did not rise on the day of "May Day", and there are still low-cost direct flight tickets, such as Shanghai-Urumqi ticket price from 690 yuan, Shanghai-Beijing ticket price from 460 yuan, and Guangzhou-Beijing ticket price from 530 yuan.
Ctrip's statistics also show that during the "May Day" period, the price of air tickets from Kunming to Chengdu, Shanghai to Kunming, Xiamen to Shanghai, Tianjin to Chengdu and Beijing to Sanya dropped significantly, down about 3% year-on-year, but the overall domestic air tickets still increased by about 4% compared with this year's Qingming holiday.
point of view It is normal for ticket prices to change according to market salesThe reporter reflected Mr. Sun's doubts about the price reduction of air tickets to the ticketing platform. Customer service told reporters that because the ticket price belongs to different airlines, the airline sales adopt the national network with the sale model, the ticket price according to the market sales situation changes is a normal phenomenon, due to the real-time fluctuation of ticket prices, according to the airline regulations, the price reduction after the successful purchase of tickets can not support the refund, such as the price increase does not need to pay the difference.
An industry insider who has been engaged in air ticket sales for a long time told reporters that "busy" and "price reduction" are not contradictory, and the supply and demand situation after the increase in airline capacity during holidays, and the diversion of passenger flow by high-speed rail all affect the temporary adjustment of air ticket prices. "For example, in 2023, the Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day holiday will be superimposed, and airlines will have higher expectations for capacity delivery and ticket pricing. ”
"The price of the ticket will be adjusted according to the actual sales of the flight, and when the ticket sales do not meet expectations, the airline will reduce the price to attract passengers and increase the load factor. Xiao Peng, a researcher at the Qunar Platform Big Data Research Institute, believes that judging from the booking situation of this year's "May Day", there is no obvious diving on popular tourist routes, and a few flights are still on sale at low prices.
observe "May Day" still has low-cost air tickets to "pick up leaks"According to data from the Tongcheng travel platform, as of April 16, the number of searches for train tickets and air tickets departing on April 30 was higher than on the first day of the May Day holiday. The data of the Qunar platform also mentioned that from the perspective of departure time, from 16 o'clock to 22 o'clock on April 30, and from 6 o'clock to 10 o'clock in the morning on May 1, passenger travel is more concentrated. Mr. Sun and many netizens complained that the air ticket did not rise but fell when the holiday was approaching, so can the departure of Hefei during the "May Day" period still "pick up the leak"?
At noon on April 28, the reporter saw on an online booking platform that on April 30, Hefei direct flight to Kunming had an ultra-low 1.3% discount ticket price of 260 yuan, Hefei direct flight to Guilin from 400 yuan, direct flight to Chengdu from 581 yuan. On May 1, Hefei to Guangzhou, Kunming, Zhuhai, Hohhot and other popular cities have discounted fares, of which Hefei to Kunming a flight ticket price is 298 yuan, for the ultra-low 1.5% off, 3 months low price. The ticket price of a flight from Hefei to Guangzhou is shown at 236 yuan, which is the lowest price for 3 months.
According to data from an online travel platform, 15 days before the holiday, the number of advance bookings for air tickets during the "May Day" period on the platform has exceeded that of 2023. From Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Tianjin and other major cities, the average price paid for air tickets to tourist cities is higher.
Instead of rushing to "expensive and crowded" destinations during the hot holidays, the platform screened small airports worth playing during the "May Day" period according to the average price paid for air tickets, the price change in the off-season compared with the previous month, and the price change in 2023 year-on-year, such as Hailar and Baotou in Inner Mongolia, Yulin in Shaanxi, Enshi in Hubei, Zunyi in Guizhou, etc. The platform mentions that compared with larger cities, the price of hotels in small cities is lower, you can live in high-end and luxury hotels for about 400 yuan, and the comprehensive costs of catering, transportation, and shopping are also about half lower than those in big cities, and it is more cost-effective to travel to small cities during holidays.
(Dawan News)