●Starting from April 20th, a new pricing system for domestic air route tickets will be implemented and ticket prices will generally increase by 10%.
●The Civil Aviation Administration issued another statement the same night, claiming that this was just an independent adjustment made by aviation enterprises.
●An insider from an airline disclosed that the five major airlines (Air China, China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines) had already reached an agreement last month on raising ticket prices. The airlines under the jurisdiction of the Central-South Regional Administration of Civil Aviation then followed suit one after another. For airlines to jointly raise prices, they would definitely need the approval of the Market Department of the Civil Aviation Administration's Central-South Regional Administration.
●Consumers generally expressed dissatisfaction with the airlines' joint price hike and questioned why there was no hearing process, and why prices were raised without notice.
Guangzhou Daily reported on April 22nd that the implementation of a new pricing system for domestic air route tickets starting from April 20th has led to an increase in ticket discount rates, which has drawn widespread opposition from consumers.