China News Service Client Beijing, April 15 (Zhang Xu) On April 15, the reporter learned from the CAAC press conference that from March 4 to April 13, the Civil Aviation Administration arranged a total of 16 temporary flights to assist 2,744 Chinese citizens in Iran, Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Spain returned to the country, including 1,449 foreign students.
The relevant person in charge of the Civil Aviation Administration said that in the next few weeks, the Civil Aviation Administration will deploy major air transportation support mechanisms in a timely manner in accordance with the State Council ’s joint defense and joint control mechanism deployment. It is convenient for personnel to return home.
The conference site on April 15. Image source: China Civil Aviation Network
Currently, an average of 2,000 to 3,000 passengers enter the country by air each day
Sun Shaohua, deputy director of the Operation and Monitoring Center of the Civil Aviation Administration, said that since March 29, international passenger flights have been adjusted in accordance with the "five one" policy, in addition to the arrival of 38 flights on the first day of March 29, subsequent daily inbound flights There are no more than 20 shifts, and the number of daily inbound passengers is around 2000-3000.
As of April 14th, 14 domestic airlines including Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines, 21 foreign airlines including Korean Air, All Nippon Airways, Malaysia Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines, etc. A total of 35 Chinese and foreign airlines were executed from Japan, South Korea and the United States , Canada, Canada and other 29 countries, the international inbound passenger traffic and 250 charter flights, carrying 50306 inbound passengers.
Among them, there were 38 inbound flights on March 29, with 8143 inbound passengers, and 10 inbound flights on April 4, 7 and 14, with the least number of inbound passengers, 2147, 2491 and 2379, respectively.
Sun Shaohua introduced that after the diversion of international passenger flights at the Capital Airport on March 20, as of April 14, a total of 127 adjustment flights were implemented. The total number of passengers entering the airport at the first point of entry was 28,697, and the number of passengers staying at the first point of entry was 24,737.
On April 8, with the unblocking of Wuhan, Wuhan Tianhe Airport also resumed operations. Sun Shaohua said on the 15th that as of the 14th, Wuhan has resumed navigation with 45 cities, flying 799 flights and transporting 40,600 passengers.
Temporary flights have been arranged recently to assist 2744 Chinese citizens to return home
The reporter noted that recently, civil aviation has carried out many overseas passenger and cargo charter flights. Sun Shaohua said that since the outbreak, the Civil Aviation Administration has launched a major transportation mechanism. As of April 14, a total of 575 passenger and cargo charter missions have been carried out, and 134 foreign medical expert groups and joint working groups have been transported to transport anti-epidemic materials. 9,544 tons, involving 64 countries including the United States, Britain, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Italy, Japan, and South Korea.
"Major transportation tasks mainly include arranging temporary flights (charter flights) to countries with severe epidemic situations to pick up Chinese citizens, foreign aid medical expert groups and related provincial joint working groups to charter flights and non-material transportation tasks." Sun Shaohua introduced.
Passengers are waiting for check-in in Terminal 2 of Pudong Airport. Photo by Yin Liqin
According to reports, from March 4 to April 13, the Civil Aviation Administration arranged a total of 16 temporary flights to assist 2,744 Chinese citizens in Iran, Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Spain to return home, including 1,449 international students.
"In the next few weeks, the CAAC will deploy major air transportation support mechanisms in a timely manner in accordance with the deployment of the joint defense and joint control mechanism of the State Council, and provide a step-by-step, orderly approach to facilitate the return of overseas students from countries with serious epidemic conditions who really need to return home." Sun Shaohua said.
The reporter learned that from March 3 to April 12, the Civil Aviation Administration coordinated the airline to transport 126 medical experts and joint working group personnel to the United Kingdom, Italy, Cambodia, Laos, Iraq, Serbia and other countries to assist in the development of the epidemic. The prevention and control work and the epidemic prevention and protection work of our overseas citizens.
In terms of transportation of aid to Africa, Sun Shaohua said that according to the deployment of the inter-ministerial coordination mechanism for foreign aid, the Civil Aviation Administration of China coordinated with Air China to arrange a charter flight on April 5 to transport the State Council, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the National Health and Welfare Commission to assist Central and West Africa 18 37.6 tons of materials from each country went to Ghana. The charter flight took off from Shanghai Pudong Airport on April 5th Beijing time and arrived at Accra Airport in Ghana on April 6th (the above are all Beijing time).
It is understood that this Thursday (16th), CAAC will also deploy Air China to carry out two charter flights to deliver medical teams and aid supplies to Ethiopia and Burkina Faso in Africa based on the deployment of the inter-ministerial coordination mechanism for foreign aid. (Finish)