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Domestic airlines forced to raise prices

A number of domestic airlines have announced that they would increase their fares shortly after the Ministry of Finance (MoF) issued new ceiling prices for economy air fares on domestic routes.
A number of domestic airlines have announced that they would increasetheir fares shortly after the Ministry of Finance (MoF) issued newceiling prices for economy air fares on domestic routes.

Top carrier Vietnam Airlines will raise its domestic air fares oversix routes starting from next week. New prices for one-way fares on theHanoi - HCM City route will increase from 1.05 million VND(50.7 USD) to 2.227 million VND (107.6 USD), excluding value-added tax(VAT).

Despite increasing its fares, the corporationoffered additional fare types which would be lower than MoF ceilingprices by up to 50 percent.

According to the VietnamAirlines website, its new diversified and flexible air fares would helpsatisfy passenger demands.

Jetstar Pacific and AirMekong both announced their own new domestic air fares in response tothe MoF's new ceiling price decision which took effective on April 27.

Jetstar's cheapest one-way fare will be 850,000 VND(40.47 USD) while the most expensive fare will cost you 2.45 million VND(116.6 USD) on the Hanoi-HCM City route.

AirMekong revealed its own new air fares online with a non-stop one-wayceiling fare of 2.7 million VND (128.57 USD) on the Hanoi-Phu Quocroute.

Yesterday and today the airline has offeredits passengers an additional 40 percent discount on flights to Phu Quocfrom Hanoi as long as return dates fell on or before the comingweekend. Round-trip ticket fare for the route is currently listed at 3.4million VND (161.9 USD)./.
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