Carriers add 472 flights to domestic network for lunar New Year
VOV.VN - According to details given by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV), Vietnamese airlines have added an additional 472 flights with more than 92,000 seats on routes between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to destinations with high reservation rates to meet the increasing travel demand during the lunar New Year (Tet).
Flights from Ho Chi Minh City to various regions are showing high seat occupancies from February 1 to February 11, covering the 22nd day of the final lunar month to the second day of the first lunar month.
Air tickets for flights from other regions to Ho Chi Minh City have also nearly sold out from February 13 to February 19, immediately after the nation’s biggest and longest holiday.
For flights from Hanoi to various destinations such as Dien Bien and Pleiku before Tet, seat occupancies exceed 88% and 90.7%, reaching 100% on the route from Hanoi to Vinh.
On major routes like Ho Chi Minh City-Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City-Hanoi, and Hanoi-Danang, seat occupancies have been steadily increasing from February 3 to February 18. However, ticket availability remains abundant, with an average seat occupancy of 45%, a 5% to 7% increase compared to the previous week.
CAAV said that it will continue to monitor and request airlines to add more flights during the upcoming lunar New Year in a bid to meet the high demand of passengers.
