The civil aviation market recovers, and the air ticket bid farewell to the 20 % discount "cabbage price"

With the relief of the epidemic, the domestic civil aviation market has recovered. However, passengers intending to travel found that the two -fold "cabbage price" air tickets have not been searched, and the fuel surcharges are raised continuously. In addition, the traditional summer travel season is approaching, and the ticket price is gradually returning to the normal curve.

The average ticket price increases from the previous month

On the evening of June 15, Beijing White -collar Wangzhou took a flight from Hangzhou to Beijing. "In early April, the price of this flight was 380 yuan in taxation at the same time, and now the fare without tax is 1,000 yuan." He exposed the order of the travel to reporters: except for the price of 1,000 yuan for the ticket price, and then again Coupled with the 140 yuan fuel surcharge and 50 yuan airport construction fee, he spent a total of 1190 yuan. The overall price was three times that of the early April. Among them, the fuel surcharge fee was 40 yuan more expensive than 100 yuan in early April.

From the perspective of Wangzhou, although the epidemic has led to a decrease in flights between the two places, there are more passengers in the summer, so the fares have risen. Sitting in the cabin aisle position, he noticed that the top six rows of business and economy class were full of passengers.

"The price increase overnight" "The fuel cost of machine construction is too expensive" ... On social platforms, many netizens have hotly discussed the topic of air ticket price increases. The intuitive feelings of passengers have been confirmed by the industry data: the average fare data of the domestic passenger flights provided to reporters from Flying often shows that the average price of domestic passenger flight tickets (not including fuel costs) from February to April is 560 yuan, respectively. , 494 yuan and 564 yuan. In May, the average price of the first half of the ticket was the same as before, and the price rose to 800 yuan to 850 yuan after May 20.

However, according to the big data of where to go, as the number of flight flights has increased, the average payment price of air tickets has gradually declined after the Dragon Boat Festival. Lan Xiang, dean of Qunar Big Data Research Institute, analyzed that the number of summer air ticket reservations increased significantly, but with the increase in the number of flight flights, the average price of summer air tickets in 2022 will decrease compared to the average summer transport fare in 2019.

Fare return to normal level

In response to the phenomenon of air ticket price increases, the relevant person in charge of the Civil Aviation Administration recently responded publicly that the current domestic route fare is mainly based on market adjustment prices, and airlines independently determine specific fares based on market supply and demand. Previously, due to the serious lack of effective demand for the aviation transportation market and the serious distortion of supply and demand, the average fare of domestic routes was far lower than the normal price level.

"The lower the air ticket price, the more blood loss in the industry." Civil aviation expert Yan Qi believes that although the price of the ticket price is lower from the perspective of consumers, the "cabbage price" air ticket price is not good and indispensable for the development of the entire industry. continuous. Many people in the civil aviation industry revealed that the discounts of air tickets before were too strong. Recently, the airlines "recovered" the corresponding discounts, and the price returned to the normal level.

The reporter noticed that the reason for many passengers to talk about the price increase of air tickets is that the fuel surcharge collection standard has been raised from June 5th. After the adjustment, the fuel surcharge fee rose 7 times compared to the beginning of the year. For adult passengers, the routes of less than 800 kilometers (inclusive) below the route Each passenger charges 80 yuan fuel surcharge, and a passenger of more than 800 kilometers of routes charge 140 yuan.

Cheng Chaolong, chief researcher at the Tongcheng Research Institute, believes that with the acceleration of Beijing -Shanghai accelerated work, accelerated recovery of travel across regions, the recovery of travel demand and the increase in fuel surcharges, and the price of ticket prices has been further risen.

The average daily flight volume increases by 30 %

At the end of May, the Civil Aviation Administration, together with the Ministry of Finance, jointly issued a phased implementation of the financial subsidy policy of domestic passenger flight operations. There are opinions that the price of air tickets rising or related to subsidy policy, but in fact, "airlines increase the fare, lower the customer rate, and obtain more subsidies" is not based on.

Since the beginning of this year, the civil aviation visitor rate is generally at a lower level. The average visitor rate from January to April is 65.0%. The following statement is not based on obtaining subsidies. " In addition, according to policy regulations, subsidies are part of the actual income of the replacement class to make up for the cost of changing the cost of aerospace, aviation consumption, and pilot hours. In terms of principle, there is no possibility of an airline's subsidy by increasing the fare.

Civil Aviation expert Lin Zhijie believes that the subsidy policy helps to restore the order of the civil aviation market. With high fuel costs, the recovery of air ticket prices will effectively reduce the probability of changing flights and allow passengers to travel more.

With the improvement of the national epidemic situation, more passengers have taken the pace of travel. According to Fei You Civil Aviation Weekly, from June 6th to 12th, the average daily flight of civil aviation was 6244, an increase of 30%month -on -month; the average daily transport passenger volume reached 626,000, an increase of 35%month -on -month.

The Civil Aviation Administration said that the aviation market is gradually recovering, and the ticket price will inevitably return to normal levels. The Civil Aviation Administration will further strengthen the monitoring of domestic route fares and effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers.

Source: Beijing Daily

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