Airline tickets increase in price

The three major domestic airlines all increased ticket prices or service fees in late March and early April.

According to the announcement to agents, from April 1, domestic business class ticket prices of Vietnam Airlines will increase by 100,000 - 500,000 VND per leg. The adjustment for economy class is 40,000 - 300,000 VND, other surcharges and fees remain the same. However, the airline said it will not increase prices on local routes to Buon Ma Thuot, Dien Bien...

From April 1, domestic business class ticket prices of Vietnam Airlines will increase by 100,000 - 500,000 VND per leg.

According to the airline representative, the service surcharge fee has increased but the rate is not large, the total increase per ticket is only equivalent to or lower than the increase rate of the consumer price index (CPI). Before the above two airlines, from March 15, Jetstar Pacific Airlines also increased the system management fee from 100,000 to 130,000 VND per leg.

Similarly, from March 22, Vietjet Air also increased the system service fee from VND100,000 to VND140,000 per domestic flight and from VND120,000 to VND160,000 for international flights. Two days earlier, the airline also adjusted the fees for some additional services, including seat selection service, baggage fee... by about VND10,000-20,000 per flight. In particular, the flight change surcharge for delayed international flights increased from VND735,000 to VND1 million per passenger.

The above adjustments all affect the total cost that passengers have to pay when purchasing air tickets and are not related to the recent proposal to increase peak hour flight prices proposed by the Civil Aviation Authority. Normally, these adjustments are often announced by airlines to agents before being applied. However, according to VnExpress, except for receiving Jetstar's notice 2 days in advance, many agents only know about the adjustments of the remaining airlines when the prices and fees are officially applied.

According to an aviation industry leader, in recent times, even when world oil prices increased sharply, airfares did not increase. Meanwhile, in the past 2 years, this person said that the ticket price level has decreased due to direct competition in both domestic and international segments. With this increase in ticket prices and service fees, he said that the highest price for domestic flights is only equivalent to about 80% of the regulated ceiling price.

According to VNE