(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Wuhan "Unblocking" Day: "Air Passage" Officially Resumed

China News Agency, Beijing, April 8 (Reporter Zhou Yin) According to the "Notice on the Resumption of Civil Aviation Flights in Hubei Province" by the Civil Aviation Administration of China, Wuhan Tianhe Airport will resume domestic passenger flights from 0:00 on April 8.

76 days after the "closure of the city", China Eastern Airlines (hereinafter referred to as China Eastern Airlines) flight MU2527, which departed from Wuhan at 7:24 on the 8th, became the "first flight" of Wuhan Tianhe Airport to resume domestic passenger flights. It marks the official resumption of the "Li Han Air Channel".

The MF8095 Hangzhou-Wuhan flight performed by Xiamen Airlines landed in Wuhan at 7:18 on the 8th, becoming the first flight to Wuhan after the unblocking.

According to the quasi-flight data, Wuhan Tianhe Airport planned 233 inbound and outbound flights on the day of resumption on the 8th, including 111 outbound flights and 122 inbound flights.

The reporter learned from China Eastern Airlines that on the 8th resuming day, China Eastern planned to carry out 30 flights from Wuhan Airport to Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Kunming, Sanya, Ningbo, Wenzhou, Taiyuan, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Zunyi, Xining In 15 cities including Liuzhou and Xiamen, China Eastern Airlines had more than 1,600 passengers in and out of Wuhan on the 8th, of which more than 1,100 were in Wuhan.

According to the current plan, from April 8 to May 2, China Eastern will resume Wuhan to Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Kunming, Sanya, Ningbo, Wenzhou, Xi'an, Taiyuan, Xiamen, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Zunyi, Xining, The inbound and outbound flights of 17 cities such as Qingdao and Liuzhou perform an average of 286 inbound and outbound flights per week. According to the current ticket sales, affected by the epidemic, passenger demand has not yet fully recovered. Wuhan's departures are mainly concentrated in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Ningbo, Wenzhou and other places.

According to China Eastern's market recovery, China Eastern will gradually increase the frequency of Wuhan's routes to key cities across the country, and moderately restore the routes of second- and third-tier cities and tourist routes. (Finish)