The May Day "explosive" outing is coming! The number of single-day air tickets booked on a platform has reached a new high of nearly 16 years.
Zhongxin Jingwei client April 21 ST (Zhang Yanzheng) "I am used to the cabbage price ticket during the epidemic. I recently searched the ticket during the May Day holiday, and I decided to lie flat." Many netizens reported on social media that the ticket price increased significantly during the May Day holiday this year, and some flights were still difficult to grab.
How hot is the May Day Golden Week tour?Judging from the booking of air tickets on Ctrip, Qunar.com and Tongcheng, at present, the economy class of some flights on May 1st has been sold out. Ctrip platform predicts that the number of tourists on May 1st this year is expected to break through the May 1st level in 2019 and reach a new high of 200 million.
G: I regret not booking the plane ticket earlier.
"The May Day holiday lasts for five days. My friends and I plan to go to Chengdu to punch in Kuanzhai Lane. When we look at the ticket price, it seems that we are back before the epidemic." Ms. Wang from Beijing told the Zhongxin Jingwei client that the round-trip air ticket from Beijing she booked recently was 3,200 RMB, while another friend booked the air ticket one month in advance, and the same round-trip air ticket only cost more than 1,500 RMB. "I really regret that I didn’t book the plane ticket early, otherwise I could save the hotel money for one night."
Ms. Wu from Zhengzhou, Henan Province, also said that the round-trip air ticket to visit relatives in Shenzhen during the May Day holiday last year was less than that in 800 yuan, while the round-trip air ticket during the May Day holiday this year was as high as 2,600 yuan. "In order to save some money on air tickets, I’m going to take a vacation a few days in advance and come back on May 7, so I can save more than 1,400 yuan."
On social platforms, many netizens also said that the air tickets increased significantly during the May Day holiday this year, and even some netizens bought tickets for the National Day in advance.
@ Grey Walnut Peach: The round-trip air ticket from Chengdu to Sanya rose to more than 4,000 yuan during the May Day holiday, which is too exaggerated. Fortunately, I bought it early.
@ 京京京京京: Airline: How much you lost before, how much you have to earn now.
@ Eiko Rene: After a small holiday in Qingming, people are crowded and scared!
@ainizyy: I bought all the tickets for National Day, just for fear of price increase.
Ctrip reports data disclosure,During May 1 this year, the volume of air ticket orders has surpassed the level of the same period in 2019, with an increase of 23%.In terms of fares, the average fare of economy class on May 1 ticket is 1,021 yuan, exceeding the average price in the same period in 2019. According to the data of Qunar.com, the booking volume of air tickets for the May Day holiday this year has greatly exceeded the same period in 2019, which is more than 25 times higher than the same period in 2020. The average payment price of air tickets is 924 yuan, which is more than 20% higher than that in 2019. On April 30th and May 1st, some flights from Beijing to Sanya were sold out in economy class, and only 10,000 yuan of business class was on sale.
On April 20th, Lan Xiang, Dean of Qunar Big Data Research Institute, said that since April, the booking volume of domestic routes has soared. Last week, the number of single-day ticket bookings on the platform reached a new high in 16 years since the company was founded. The popularity of May 1 train tickets further promoted the growth of ticket sales, and the daily ticket volume increased by over 30% compared with 2019.
Lan Xiang said that although many tourists visited relatives and traveled during the just-concluded Qingming holiday, due to the length of the holiday, most passengers still chose to travel during the May Day holiday.
However, many passengers choose to travel at the wrong peak, which also leads to the emergence of new travel peaks. Where to go data disclosure, from April 28th, the number of passengers traveling by air increased significantly, until April 30th, when the number of passengers traveling that day reached its peak, even exceeding May 1st — — The number of passengers traveling on the first day of the holiday.
According to the big data of air tickets for the same journey, the booking of May Day air tickets as of mid-April shows that there is a strong demand for domestic civil aviation travel from April 30 to May 5, and the average air ticket price is around 800 yuan (excluding airport construction fees and fuel costs). Among them, the average air ticket price in the last two days of the holiday will exceed that in 1000 yuan, exceeding the level of the same period in 2019 and 2020.
Fang Zeqian, an industry analyst at Ctrip Research Institute, said that with the effective control of the domestic epidemic, the attitude of government departments to continuously liberalize travel restrictions and encourage and promote the development of tourism, the upcoming May Day holiday is expected to usher in an "explosive trip", and the long-lost "conformity" will return again! Ctrip’s current May 1 air tickets, hotels, tickets and car rental orders have increased significantly by 23%, 43%, 114% and 126% respectively compared with the same period in 2019. The number of May 1 tourists this year is expected to exceed the May 1 level in 2019 and reach a new high of 200 million.
Shang Kejia, deputy director of the Transportation Department of the Civil Aviation Administration, mentioned on April 16 that from the perspective of air ticket booking, it can be said that "the volume and price have risen together", which is obviously higher than the Qingming small holiday just passed, and it is also expected to be higher than the May Day holiday in 2019. The growth rate of long-distance travelers is relatively large. From the peak travel time, except for the first and last days of the holiday, namely April 30th, May 1st and May 5th, there is also a relatively concentrated return passenger flow on May 9th.
Spring is coming for airlines?
It is worth mentioning that, since the outbreak of COVID-19 in early 2020, domestic air tickets of airlines have repeatedly appeared "cabbage price", and the discount once reached 0.2 fold, and the fares of some domestic routes were less than 100 yuan. For example, on March 10th, 2020, the lowest fare for flights from Shenzhen to Chongqing was only 49 yuan, which was 0.4 fold of the full price.
According to the statistics of Sino-Singapore Jingwei client, in 2020, the three major state-owned airlines, Air China, China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines, suffered a total loss of 37.082 billion yuan, with a daily loss of about 101 million yuan. Among them, China Southern achieved revenue of 92.561 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 40.02%; Air China achieved a year-on-year decrease in revenue of 48.96%; China Eastern Airlines decreased by 51.48% year on year.
In terms of share price, the three major state-owned airlines all hit the lowest share price in the past five years last year. Air China once fell to 6.31 yuan/share in March 2020, down 34.88% from 9.69 yuan/share at the end of 2019; China Southern Airlines once fell to 4.95 yuan/share in May 2020; China Eastern Airlines fell to its lowest share price in March last year, with a price of 4.01 yuan per share.
With the gradual control of the epidemic, the performance of the airline company began to improve. Recently, Bao Yi, deputy director of the Development Planning Department of the Civil Aviation Administration, said at a news conference that in the first quarter of this year, airlines still suffered losses, but the degree of losses narrowed compared with the same period of last year.
Bao Yi introduced that in the first quarter, the accumulated operating income of airlines was 87.88 billion yuan, down 1.1% year-on-year, and the accumulated loss was 30.05 billion yuan, down 4.58 billion yuan year-on-year. From the monthly data, the loss was 10.48 billion yuan in January, 11.61 billion yuan in February and 7.96 billion yuan in March.
It should be pointed out that,The share prices of major airlines secretly hit a new high in the past six months.. As of the close of April 20th, Air China quoted 9.28 yuan per share, which was 24.89% higher than the low of 6.97 yuan per share on January 25th this year. China Southern Airlines quoted 6.92 yuan per share, up 25.36% from the low point; China Eastern Airlines quoted 5.75 yuan per share, up 29.8% from the low point.
Everbright Securities pointed out in the analysis of the research report,In March, domestic aviation demand recovered rapidly. The passenger traffic of some airlines and airports has exceeded the level of the same period in 19 years. The volume and price of May 1 ticket bookings have risen, which is significantly higher than that of the Qingming holiday, and it is expected to exceed the level of May 1 holiday in 2019. The trend of centralized release of domestic aviation demand is clear.; Overseas travel restrictions are expected to be liberalized one after another, and overseas aviation demand will enter the recovery channel. (Zhongxin Jingwei APP)