On the first day of the spring break, fuel surcharges on domestic routes began to rise。
A number of airlines issued circulars stating that, starting on 5 february 2025 (the date of issuance of tickets), fuel surcharges for domestic flights were increased to include adult passengers: an additional fee of $40 per passenger on more than 800 kilometres of routes and $20 per passenger on more than 800 kilometres of routes。
It is worth noting that the last fuel surcharge adjustment was made in october 2024, when the surcharge was reduced to $20 and $10, and that the surcharge on fuel was increased by $10 and $20, respectively, up to 800 kilometres and above。
The last increase in fuel surcharges on domestic routes, in october 2023, was followed by a downward revision of fuel surcharges until today。
However, as the spring break has passed, the price of the ticket itself has begun to decline, and many routes remain cheap, even when added to the cost of machine fuel。
On the platform of flying pigs, for example, shanghai-sanya, shanghai-wuhan on 7 february, hangzhou-quyang, nanjing-whiteshan on 8 february, hangzhou-chengdu on 9 february, shenzhen-kunming on 9 february, the cheapest fare is less than $200 (without taxes); travel data also show that after the beginning of the tenth anniversary of the year (7 february), the price of airline tickets gradually returned to its normal level, with a clear drop in prices by 30 or 40 per cent, with a clear destination: chongqing, kunming, harbin, sanya and sea mouths。
It's cheaper than last year
According to journalists, the price of air tickets during the spring season has also been reduced compared to the same period last year。
According to the flight housekeepers, the average ticket fare for the civil aviation economy class was $959 during the spring festival in 2025 (1. 28-2. 04), a decrease of 16. 6 per cent over the spring festival in 2024 and a slight increase of 2. 8 per cent over the spring festival in 2019. The day-to-day trend was consistent with the previous spring season, when ticket prices fell to the bottom of the valley, followed by a downward spiral, peaking at the first seven。
The big data on where to go also show that, as a result of early leave in the workplace, as well as the choice of “two break 11” by a large number of battered workers, the peak of the trip ahead of the spring festival was moved up to 25 january, and the price of air tickets also fell from 26 january to a relatively low point on new year's eve, while the price of traditional hot tickets in sanya and west bizona was lower than in previous years, as you travelled more and more during the spring season. In terms of the number of tickets to destinations during the spring festival, top10 hot cities are chengdu, beijing, shanghai, shenzhen, guangzhou, chongqing, kunming, xi'an, haiguchi and hangzhou。
In fact, the number of passengers travelling through civil aviation this spring is not low. According to the flight housekeepers, during the spring season of 2025 (1. 28-2. 04), the number of civil aviation passengers transported amounted to 1,286,000, an average of 2,286,000 per day, the highest rate of spring festivals in previous years, with average daily passenger traffic increasing by 27. 1 per cent over the spring of 2019 and 1. 6 per cent over 2024。
However, a number of domestic aviation division market officials have revealed to journalists that civil aviation is being increasingly affected by high iron diversions. For example, in 2024, even in the traditional seasons of summer and national holidays, fares were not as high as in 2023, because passengers turned to high iron because of the small price increases on many routes。
International line recovery is still short of blood
In addition, as international flights have gradually resumed, the fare on international routes has fallen. Cross-border travel statistics show that during spring holidays, the actual number of flights carried out on entry and exit routes exceeded 18,000, an increase of about 19 per cent over the same period of spring 2024 and higher than the increase in arrivals and departures (an increase of about 14 per cent over the same period of spring 2024)。
However, the current recovery of international routes is still not “blooded”. According to the flight housekeepers, during the spring festival in 2025 (1. 28-2. 04), international passenger flights from civil aviation resumed on a daily basis to 89. 4 per cent of the spring festival in 2019. In addition to 69 countries operating international flights, out of which top20 countries accounted for 92. 1 per cent of the total number of international flights, the region of departure was concentrated mainly in east and south-east asia, japan, thailand and south korea were among the top three, with recovery rates above 2019 levels in japan and thailand lagging behind at only 71. 9 per cent, with malaysia, singapore, viet nam, russia, the united arab emirates, the united kingdom, laos, italy and new zealand having a recovery rate of over 100 per cent and united states flights only 30. 8 per cent。
It is worth mentioning that, as more and more countries are exempt from visas, as well as the price of airline tickets for travel abroad and the number of new routes opened, a growing number of small city residents can try to spend their years abroad。
The main data on where to go show that residents of the 3rd line of spring and below have purchased more than 30 per cent of the total, more than double the number of tickets for the same period as last spring, with the highest increases being recorded by residents of hebei zhang's family, shandong province, inner mongolia's ordos, guangdong yang river, and so on。
In addition, the number of domestic flights booked using non-chinese passports during the spring season increased by 70 per cent over the previous year. The top five countries are south korea, the united states, australia, malaysia and canada. In chinese cities destined for foreigners, with the exception of beijing, chengdu, shanghai, guangzhou, xi'an and hangzhou, which have high historical and cultural bookings, more and more foreigners are turning to the second and third-line cities for exploration, with 10 new destinations as compared to the previous year, namely, bagheads, dalits, nantung, taizhou, ining, eun-soo, yiu, piyi, joohai and north sea。
