During this year's "May Day" holiday, it is expected that there will be more than 1,000 take-off and landing flights in 39 cities in China, and Beijing ranks first with 9,835 take-off and landing flights. As the holiday season approaches, domestic air ticket prices have fallen, and some consumers who have not made travel plans in advance can "pick up" their trips.
According to the flight data service platform, the price of domestic air tickets near "May Day" has fallen, and the average price of domestic economy class air tickets in the past 7 days is 852 yuan (excluding tax), down 1.13% year-on-year and 22% month-on-month.
There are still low-cost direct flight tickets on many popular routes on May 1, such as Shanghai-Urumqi tickets starting at 797 yuan, Shanghai-Beijing tickets starting at 431 yuan, and Beijing-Guangzhou tickets starting at 599 yuan.
Xiao Peng, a researcher at the Big Data Research Institute of an online booking platform: On April 29, the morning of April 30, and May 2, the air ticket prices were relatively low when the peak travel hours were avoided. The "May Day" market is biased towards tourism, and the price of commercial routes with large capacity has dropped significantly. The price of air tickets from Beijing to Kunming and Urumqi also fell slightly.
The May Day holiday is approaching, and the number of passengers in the terminal is rising day by day. The reporter learned from Daxing Airport that during the holiday, from May 1 to May 5, the number of passengers guaranteed by Daxing Airport reached 660,000, and the peak day is expected to appear on May 1, with nearly 1,000 flights guaranteed on that day.
The airport has increased the number of support personnel at key nodes such as check-in and security checks, and airlines have increased capacity investment in key routes.
Source: CCTV Finance