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Airplane, train tickets almost sold out, bus seats available as Tet nears

Just 10 days left to the Lunar New Year (Tet) – the biggest and longest festival in a year of Vietnamese people, almost all airplane and train tickets on key routes for this occasion have been sold out, while there is not a lack of means of road transport.
Airplane, train tickets almost sold out, bus seats available as Tet nears ảnh 1Noi Bai international airport strengthens security during the Tet holiday (Photo: hanoimoi.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Just 10 days left to the Lunar New Year (Tet) – the biggestand longest festival in a year of Vietnamese people, almost all airplane andtrain tickets on key routes for this occasion have been sold out, while there is nota lack of means of road transport.

This year, the Tet holiday lasts seven daysfrom February 8 – 14 (from the 29th day of the last lunar month of the Year of the Cat to thefifth day of the first lunar month of the Year of the Dragon).

To meet increasing travel demand, airlineshave proactively added aircraft, increased transport capacity on many routes, and organisedmore flights in the early morning and at night.

In particular, Vietnam Airlines Group, includingVietnam Airlines, Pacific Airlines and VASCO, provides a total of 2.64 millionseats during the Tet peak on both domestic and international flights.

Vietravel Airlines has planned to supply more than 100,000 seats on its domestic and international flight networks, while Vietjet Air has justbrought four new aircraft to serve passengers, and Bamboo Airways added twoaircraft.

Notably, tickets of high-demand routes have been almost fully booked or sold out. For example, the Ho Chi Minh City -Thanh Hoa/Vinh/Hai Phong/ Hue/Quy Nhon routes have booking rates of 98-100%.

Airplane, train tickets almost sold out, bus seats available as Tet nears ảnh 2Illustrative image (Photo: hanoimoi.vn)
Meanwhile, the railway sector initiallyplanned to provide more than 200,000 seats, with 390 trains. However, inresponse to rising demand, it has continuously added plans to increase trains.Most recently, the Hanoi Railway Transport Joint Stock Company opened ticketsales for 14 additional trains on routes to northern localities, while theSaigon Railway Transport Joint Stock Company has also organised six more trainsfrom HCM City to Hanoi, Vinh and Phan Thiet, and more carriages, with more than7,000 seats.

Director of the Hanoi Bus Station Joint Stock Company Pham Manh Hung said that thenumber of passengers passing through the stations during the peak period willincrease by about 300-350% compared to normal days. With the current situation,the number of vehicles at the stations still basically meets the travel needs.

Some bus companies have announced ticketprice increases of at least 17%, depending on the routes, during the Tetholiday./.
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