Today, April 29th
The day after tomorrow is May 1st,
The "May Day" holiday is 5 days in total,
Do you have travel plans?
Today, topics related to "May Day air ticket diving" rushed to the hot search
Many people who bought tickets in advance shouted that they were at a loss, and some netizens said that it was also cost-effective to "return and rebuy".
After checking various platforms, the reporter found that the peak price of outbound travel occurred on the afternoon of April 30 and the morning of May 1, and the peak of return price appeared on May 5. Ticket prices for other periods have been reduced to varying degrees.
Airlines have significantly increased their holiday flights
One of the important reasons for the reduction in airfares is the increase in supply, with airlines significantly increasing their flights during the holiday season. At the same time, due to factors such as rainfall in the south, many citizens have reduced their domestic medium- and long-term travel, resulting in a decrease in demand for air travel.
According to the data, the "May Day" in 2024 is expected to break the record of the average daily take-off and landing volume of domestic airports in 2023.
According to the analysis of people in the civil aviation industry, there seems to be a contradiction between "busy" and "price reduction", but there is actually an internal connection. It is precisely because airlines have added too much capacity that the supply exceeds demand, and there are still many seats that have not been sold during the upcoming holidays, so the price is temporarily adjusted for promotion.
According to the data of Feichang Zhun, during the "May Day" holiday, 41 domestic passenger airlines are expected to operate 77,327 flights, with an average of 15,500 flights per day. The number of flights of Middle East Airlines is expected to reach 12,322, ranking first. China Southern Airlines and Air China ranked second and third with 11,982 and 8,544 flights. Among the 41 airlines, 34 airlines are expected to achieve year-on-year growth in flight volume, of which China Express Airlines is expected to increase by 45.77%, the largest increase, and 39 airlines are expected to achieve growth compared with 2019, of which Chengdu Airlines is expected to increase by 1.11 times, the largest increase.
In addition to the factors of airlines increasing capacity, the diversion of civil aviation passenger flow by high-speed rail is also the reason why the plane is not full and the ticket price temporarily dives.
On April 24, China Railway Shanghai Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Shanghai Bureau Group) released the Yangtze River Delta Railway 2024 "May Day" holiday transportation plan, the holiday transportation period from April 29 to May 6 for a total of 8 days, the Yangtze River Delta Railway is expected to send more than 27 million passengers, with an average daily passenger of more than 3.4 million, and the average daily passenger data may hit a record high.
Netizen comments
For the price of the ticket "diving"
Many netizens who bought air tickets in advance said that "blood loss"
Some netizens also said
Refunding and repurchasing tickets is cost-effective even if the handling fee is deducted
Are you ready to travel during the May Day holiday?
In which way?
Source丨Shenzhen News Network, China News Network, China Business Daily, Shangguan News, CCTV News
Editor丨Qian Jiayue