As the Chinese Spring Festival and Tibetan New Year approach, the demand for air tickets far exceeds the supply. All tickets are almost full price. The flight from Lhasa to Beijing on Feb. 7 and the flight to Shanghai are full fare. The cheapest air ticket from Lhasa to Chengdu is 0.1 percent discount. The cheapest ticket from Lhasa to Chongqing by air is 3.9 percent discount. The cheapest air ticket from Lhasa to Xian is 0.1 percent discount. However, the flight from Lhasa to Kunming is still 6 percent to 5 percent discount on Feb. 7.
Millions of people working or studying out of their hometowns will be hurrying home to reunite with families as the coming of Chinese Spring Festival and Tibetan New Year. This long-held tradition is the main reason for the rush. The other is that the holiday is one of the long holidays of the year, a perfect travel time for many people. Therefore, the air ticket is expensive and hard to get. It is a good advice that passengers make the travel schedule and book tickets in advance.