The SUN HK : Ferry fares to Macau, outlying islands to go up

Both Turbojet and Cotai Water Jet will charge $175 per trip on weekdays, and $190 on weekends

Fares for ferries between Hong Kong and Macau are due to go up from Friday, Sept. 15, for the first time in five years.

Meantime, Sun Ferry and Hong Kong and Kowloon Ferry which operate services between Central and Cheung Chau and Peng Chau, respectively, will also increase fares by about 4% from Sept. 24.

Both Turbojet and Cotai Water Jet will increase their current fare of $150 per daytime trip between Sheung Wan and Macau on economy class to $175, or a 10% increase.

PINDUTIN PARA SA DETALYE!

On weekends and holidays, passengers will pay $190 instead of $175 during the day on economy class.

Night-time ferry will cost $220 per trip, an increase of $20, for all days of the week, including holidays.

For Turbojet’s super class, the fare will go up to HK$395 from HK$360.

Cotai’s first-class tickets on the other hand will cost $310 on weekdays, $329 on weekends and holidays, and $360 for night sailing, a 10% increase overall.

PINDUTIN PARA SA DETALYE

For its VIP Cabin which has eight seats, passengers will have to pay a total of HK$2,480 for weekdays, HK$2,632 for weekends and HK$2,880 for night sailing, also a 10 percent increase.

For trips between Hong Kong International Airport and Macau, the new economy class fare on Turbojet will be HK$297 for adults, HK$226 for children and HK$165 for children under two years old. This amounts to a 10 percent increase from the existing prices.

But Turbojet said it will offer a 10 % discount to passengers who book return tickets on its website until December 15.

BOOK YOUR FLIGHTS NOW! PRESS FOR DETAILS

The fare increases come amid a continuing rise in demand for the much cheaper option of taking the “Golden Bus” which shuttles between Hong Kong and Macau almost non-stop, including at night.

For the same amount of time it takes to go between the two places, all that passengers need to pay is $65 for the regular fare, and $33 for concessionary fare.

Sun Ferry's regular ticket price to Cheung Chau will cost $29.20 on weekdays

Meanwhile Sun Ferry will revise its fare for the fast ferry between Central and Cheung Chau to $29.20, an increase of $6.90, while on weekends and public holidays, the one-way fare will be $42.30, which is higher by $9.80 than the current fare.

For the trips between Central and Mui Mo, the weekday de luxe fare will be $34.10 and $48.90 for the weekends, an increase of about 3.9%.

For the cross-water routes connecting Peng Chau, Mui Wo, Chi Ma Wan, and Cheung Chau, the fares will be raised by 50 cents to HK$14.5.

PINDUTIN PARA SA DETALYE

Hong Kong and Kowloon Ferry, on the other hand, got the nod of the Transport Department to raise the fare for multi-journey tickets by 8% and the single-journey tickets by 19%.

Both companies had sought to double their fares to cover the rising cost of operations and dwindling patronage, especially in the wake of the pandemic.