Qing ming, the "5 1" holiday is coming
# air ticket fuel costs are so high #
Get on the heat
A lot of people posted on social platforms
Before the fuel surcharge rises
I bought the tickets early
"anything you can buy."
Someone even bought it
Air tickets for the whole of 2026
You want to raise the fuel charge
As a result of the continuing impact of the situation in the middle east, international oil prices have shaken and many global divisions have made intensive increases in international air fares。
On 25 march, spring and autumn aviation first issued a notice that, as of 5 april 2026, inclusive of zero hours, the fuel surcharge on the domestic flight route would be increased by order time, subject to subsequent notification. To date, nac, nac, eaet and others have not issued a bid adjustment notice. However, it is generally expected that other divisions will follow suit。
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Currently, domestic fuel charges remain at the current standard, i. E. $10 for fuel charges for lines below 800 kilometres and $20 for lines above 800 kilometres and $5 april for the next fuel adjustment window. A number of agencies forecast an increase in domestic aviation fuel charges to around $50 if international oil prices remain high。
The fuel surcharge adjustment is based on the time of the purchase order, with the billing order completed by 0:00 on 5 april, and even if the flight took off on or after 5 april, it was charged at current rates。
Source: civil aviation resource network
It is worth noting that prior to that, various domestic airlines, such as spring and autumn air, gyan air, orient air and long dragon air, had issued announcements adjusting fuel surcharges for international flights, which generally increased by more than 50 per cent and even doubled some of the routes。
Guangzhou white cloud airport information chart
The expert of the centre for the study of the quality of development of civil aviation of china stated: “aircrafts fly using aviation kerosene, whose raw materials are crude oil, but require process extraction. The continued high international oil prices will certainly lead to an increase in the price of aviation kerosene. The behaviour of consumers is to trigger the imposition of fuel surcharges on our airline tickets, which are in fact similar to those of finished oil, and there will be a significant jump.”
Same international flight
Air ticket prices are up 174% in a week
According to the beijing business journal, the first six months of airline tickets were bought in advance by the consumer hao chao. According to her, she had a habit of buying air tickets in advance, but the situation in the middle east had left her very worried about the next few vacations and, together with the imminent increase in fuel charges for international flights, had allowed her to fast-track all the journeys for the first half of the year on “crawling” tickets on various major platforms for days。
Hao chae was determined to save her thousands of dollars by avoiding higher fares. On 18 march, she bought a round-trip ticket from beijing-sian-istanbul for about $5,100. On the third day after the purchase of the tickets, hao chau re-searched the same round-trip flight and found that it had increased to over 9,000. On the fourth day, it was still the same flight, with more than 9,000 round-trip tickets without baggage only and more than 14,000 round-trip tickets with baggage. Air ticket prices increased by 174 per cent in less than a week。
Qin jia minh, who planned to take her child out of the country during the summer, was not so lucky. Qin jia minh has been watching the beijing-singapore round-trip tickets since mid-march. However, the organization of work has not yet been fully determined, and qin jia minh has not immediately filed the order. However, she did not expect that a small round-trip ticket, at a price of about $4,500, would have become $6,476 a week later, an increase of nearly $2,000。
Although almost four months before the scheduled travel date, qin jia minh, concerned that the ticket would not increase, bought this large and small $6,500。
Should we stock up our tickets early
Faced with this phenomenon, many consumers have chosen to “grow up” early or to purchase tickets for scheduled trips, and “five-one” airline bookings have increased by almost 20 per cent over time。
Cricket, researcher at the grand data institute of the tourism online platform: in the past, the “five ones” airline bookings were launched two weeks earlier, and this year was expected to be affected by an increase in fuel surcharges, which resulted in a significant increase in the number of early-targeted passengers for the golden week. The travel data show that the “511” flight bookings have increased by almost 20 per cent over the same period, with the fastest increase in the number of flights to wenzhou, ningbo, guangzhou, nanning, hoi fat, shanghai, ining, shenzhen, zhengzhou and western bizonal, each increasing by more than 25 per cent, and a sustained increase in the number of passengers scheduled for the “511” and summer air travel is expected next week。
The expert of the centre for the study of quality in the development of civil aviation of china stated: “if the consumer is very certain about the next journey, he can buy the ticket in advance before the fuel surcharge is increased, but i do not recommend a precautionary ticket in the event that the itinerary is uncertain, as the change in the itinerary may lead to a rectification of the subsequent ticket, which is also costly.”
Passengers are advised to consider their own needs and not to be blindly “gearing up”。
Synthesis: brtv news, beijing business journal, press, civil aviation resource network
