Illustrative image (Source: VNA) The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlinesincreased tickets for business class on for domestic flights by 100,000 –500,000 VND per leg; and economy class 40,000 – 300,000 VND.
The airfare adjustment will be applied fromApril 1 for specific flights.
However, Vietnam Airlines will maintain around10 low-cost prices for each domestic flight, and keep unchanged prices for somespecific routes.
Vietjet Air also increased service fees from100,000 VND to 140,000 VND per domestic leg and from 120,000 VND to 160,000 VNDper international leg from March 22.
Meanwhile, Jetstar Pacific announced to increasemanagement fees from 100,000 VND to 130,000 VND per leg from March 15.
The adjustment of airfare is based on the marketdemand and regulations of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam and Ministryof Transport, a representative from Vietnam Airlines said.
It also aims to ensure healthy competition inthe aviation sector, a representative from Vietjet Air said.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam in earlythis month sent a proposal to the Ministry of Transport to raise severalaviation service charges in order to reduce peak-hour overloads and raise moneyfor infrastructure development.
Under the proposal, take-off and landing servicecharges at major airports, including Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat, would be raisedby 15 percent during rush hours and reduced by 15 percent during off-peakhours.
The Civil Aviation Authority is also proposing ahike in security charges of 0.5 USD per passenger for international flights,and 18,181 VND (0.9 cents) per passenger for domestic flights - double thecurrent charge.
A hike of 40,000 VND in passenger servicecharges is also being proposed, raising them to 90,909 VND for arrivals anddepartures at type A airports, and 72,727 VND at type B airports. The increaseis explained by the upgrading of many airports and passenger servicequality.-VNA
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