To cool down airfares, the Civil Aviation Authority requests to increase flights.

The Civil Aviation Authority has just announced that it has directed airlines to allocate all resources to increase flights to cool down ticket prices, after the press reported on this unusually expensive ticket situation.

Specifically, in the period until mid-October 2017, Vietnam Airlines has planned to increase an average of 2-3 flights/way/day between Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, and at the same time change to larger aircraft on some other regular flights.

Similarly, Vietjet Air has planned to increase 4-5 flights/way/day to an average of 20 flights/way/day from Ho Chi Minh City - Hanoi from the second week of October 2017.

As for Jetstar Pacific, from October 15 to the end of October 2017, the airline plans to operate stably on this route with a frequency of 6-7 flights/direction/day and maintain a frequency of 8-9 flights from November 2017.

Due to resource constraints, Jetstar Pacific has not been able to increase flights on the Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City route until mid-October 2017.

In recent days, the number of passengers without seats on the Ho Chi Minh City - Hanoi route has increased, the seat utilization rate of airlines on this route has reached nearly 100%, the number of passengers booking seats on the system for the following days is also at a high level, the main reason for this situation is that Jetstar Pacific had to cancel a series of flights, mainly on the Ho Chi Minh City - Hanoi route due to a lack of resources, especially pilots.

Vietjet Air also reduced its operating frequency from an average of 25 flights/one way/day to 16 flights/one way/day due to scheduled aircraft maintenance and increased international charter flights.

According to current regulations, the ceiling price for airfares on the HAN-SGN route and vice versa is 3,200,000 VND/one-way ticket (price does not include taxes, fees and other service prices). According to the declaration of airlines, on average, on the HAN-SGN (SGN-HAN) route, there are over 10 price ranges with the maximum price (excluding taxes, fees and other service prices) as follows: Vietnam Airlines (VNA): 3,150,000 VND/one-way ticket; Jestar Pacific (JPA): 3,000,000 VND/one-way ticket; Vietjet Air (VJA): 2,870,000 VND/one-way ticket.

Depending on the market situation, airlines will proactively adjust and apply appropriate price ranges according to the declaration sent to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam. Up to this point, fuel prices have increased compared to 2015, but Vietnamese airlines are still selling tickets within the price range declared to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam.

In case an airline violates pricing regulations, the competent authority will request the immediate cessation of the application of the violating price and impose administrative sanctions according to the provisions of law./.

According to Labor Newspaper