Airline tickets increased 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 100,000 VND to 140,000 VND per domestic flight and from 120,000 VND to 160,000 VND for international flights. Two days earlier, the airline also adjusted the fees for some additional service charges, including seat selection service, baggage fees... by about 10,000-20,000 VND per flight. In particular, the additional fee for changing flights in case of delayed international flights increased from 735,000 VND to 1 million VND per passenger.

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