China News Service, February 18th. According to the website of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, during the Spring Festival of 2021, all civil aviation units strictly implement the overall deployment and a series of specific requirements of the Civil Aviation Administration on transportation guarantees and epidemic prevention and control during the Spring Festival, and carefully implement prevention and control measures. , Civil aviation operations are safe, stable and orderly.

Civil aviation carried a total of 3.57 million passengers, a sharp drop from previous years; the normal rate of flights reached 96.17%; cargo flights performed well, with a year-on-year increase of 212.48%.

  During the 7-day Chinese New Year holiday, the number of passengers transported by civil aviation decreased by 45.16% compared with the 2020 Chinese New Year holiday and 71.64% compared with the 2019 Chinese New Year holiday; the average passenger load factor was 57.51%, which was an increase of 5.78% compared with the 2020 Chinese New Year holiday; the flight regular rate was 96.17% , An increase of 5.56% over 2020 and an increase of 12.57% over 2019.

The actual number of flights nationwide is 47088, with an average of 6727 flights per day, which is 51.64% lower than the 2020 Spring Festival holiday and 57.72% lower than 2019. Among them, 11,683 guaranteed flights on February 17, ushered in the highest peak of transportation during the Spring Festival holiday.

  It is worth mentioning that the number of cargo flights during the Spring Festival this year has increased significantly compared with the previous two years. There are 2,553 international (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) cargo flights, an increase of 212.48% over the same period of the 2020 Spring Festival holiday and the same period of the 2019 Spring Festival holiday. An increase of 258.57%.

Among them, on February 17, there were 302 international (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) cargo flights, an increase of 221.28% over the same period in the 2020 Spring Festival holiday and an increase of 403.33% over the same period in the 2019 Spring Festival holiday.