Commercial Flights From China To The US Increase Sharply, Ticket Prices Become Irrational Up To IDR 354 Million!

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JAKARTA - The demand for commercial flight services from China to the United States has increased sharply so that ticket prices are not rational. Charter planes are also an option along with the increasing number of users flying to the US after the government of the superpower loosened restrictions on international students.

Antara, Saturday, August 21 reported, Dear Jet which is under the auspices of Hainan Airlines Group launched a "Back to US School" program that departs from Beijing to New York, Seattle, Boston, and Los Angeles with the cheapest ticket costing 160,000 yuan (Rp. 4 million) per person.

Those are business class charter flights, VIP lounges and other exclusive services, Dear Jet was quoted as saying by Chinese media on Saturday.

Meanwhile, iFlyPlus, China's charter airline ticket sales platform, offers transit flight tickets to the US for 30,000 yuan (Rp 66.4 million) for economy class and 100,000 yuan (Rp 221.5 million) for business class.

For direct flights using a 14-seat charter plane from Shanghai to Los Angeles, iFlyPlus offers a price of 1.4 million yuan (Rp 3.1 billion).

"I don't have to queue at the airport or share planes with other people. So, private jets provide services beyond business class services. This is the best option for Chinese students who want to return to the US amid the pandemic," said a passenger surnamed Zhang, quoted by Waijiao.

iFlyPlus data shows an increase of 133 percent for charter flights from Shanghai to New York in this year's quarter compared to the previous quarter.

For flights from Shenzhen to London also rose 89 percent during the period. The increase in flights from China to the US and Europe is very high because the new semester will start at the end of this August.