Jane Chen / Shanghai Daily news

Air tickets have plunged sharply as ticket offices are adopting a low-price strategy to boost passenger volume, in response to their business shrinking after the holiday travel peak ended, today's Laodong Daily reported.
Discounts of up to 60 percent are being offered on most domestic routes to and from Shanghai, compared with the zero price cuts made during Spring Festival.  Discounts on some routes, like Beijing to Shanghai, rose to 75 percent, resulting in an unbelievably low round-trip ticket price of just 630 yuan(US$76).
Beyond Shanghai, the ticket price-cutting wave is sweeping nationwide, industry insiders noted. Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong Province, is just one example where tickets are generally selling at about half their normal price, while discounts on flights between Guangzhou and Sanya, a key doorway to Hainan Island, can shoot up to 81 percent.
Price cuts on early day and late night flights are deeper than on those between 8 am and 8 pm, insiders also said.