Wendy Zhang/ Shanghai Daily news

Airfares from Shanghai to other domestic cities began to plummet after the weeklong Spring Festival holiday, with more discounts offered, today's Shanghai Morning Post reported.
According to several local air-ticket sales outlets, except for a few air-tickets from Shanghai to Wuhan and Harbin priced 20 percent off, most air-tickets to other Chinese cities are to be discounted 40-60 percent after the holiday.
On the eve of the Chinese lunar New Year, air-tickets from Shanghai to Beijing were sold at 45 percent off, 720 yuan (US$86.7) including the airport construction fee. But after the holiday, the airfare is now 60 percent off,  only 620 yuan. Seventy-percent discounts are being offered on air-tickets from Beijing to Shanghai, as well as on the 1,890 yuan airfares from Shanghai to Sanya, after the holiday.
Big discounts are mainly provided for tourism itineraries. More passengers return to Shanghai from the sixth to ninth day of the Chinese lunar New Year, while only a few leave from Shanghai, so air-carriers are offering more discounts to attract passengers, said an industry analyst.