(Reporter: Wang Ying; Correspondent: Li Yang, Wang Tingting) On May 25th, the reporter learned from Yichang Sanxia Airport that, since the late May, the airport ushered in “the discount season”. Compared with before, the air ticket prices began to plunge and most of them fell below 50 percent discount.
It was reported that, entering the “discount season”, in order to improve the passenger load factor, most airlines would offer special tickets and the ticket discounts were awesome. The air ticket basically fell below half off, many airline tickets were at 60%-80% discount. Basically, there were large discounts for various air lines starting from Yichang. Yichang-Haikou was 240 yuan with a 83% discount; Yichang-Xi'an was 230 yuan with a 79% discount; Yichang-Kunming was 380 yuan with a 74% discount; Yichang-Guiyang was 350 yuan with a 66% discount; Yichang-Wenzhou was 370 yuan with a 66% discount; Yichang-Hohhot was 560 yuan with a 60% discount; Yichang-Jinan was 450 yuan with a 60% discount; Yichang-Shantou was 550 yuan with a 59% discount; Yichang-Nanning was 460 yuan with a 58% discount; Yichang-Hangzhou was 500 yuan with a 55% discount; Yichang-Chengdu was 310 yuan with a 53% discount; Yichang-Yinchuan was 610 yuan with a 51% discount; Yichang-Xiamen was 580 yuan with a 49% discount; Yichang-Beijing was 980 yuan with a 35% discount. (The prices above do not include infrastructures and it is based on the ticket price announced by the airline on that day).
According to the introduction, if people travel by plane during this period, they could basically save half or even more travel expenses, which is very suitable for Yichang residents with a holiday to travel outside. People who have a travel plan are advised to book in advance, and once the schedule is settled, it will be more cost-effective to buy round-trip tickets. In addition, the airport staff reminded that, in order to avoid being deceived, when you saw some low-discount tickets on the Internet, you should keep your mind and try to buy the ticket on the airline’s official website or the qualified ticketing platform.