China expects to send 144.52 million passengers in three days of Qingming holiday

　　China News Service, Beijing, April 5 (Reporter Zhou Yin) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Transport of China on the 5th that from April 3 to 5 (Ching Ming holiday), the country is expected to send 144.52 million passengers, an increase of 142.4% over the same period in 2020. .

　　The Ministry of Transport stated that during the Ching Ming holiday, local transportation departments analyzed the travel needs of passengers and people, increased capacity allocation, strengthened service guarantees, and coordinated efforts to prevent and control the epidemic, so as to avoid long-term gatherings and waiting of passengers.

The national railways implement a peak operation chart, add Cape-speed trains in popular directions, and add trains to Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou to run in full marshalling.

Toll roads across the country continue to be exempted from tolls for small passenger cars with seven seats or less.

In terms of waterways, the number of voyages for ro-ro passenger transportation has been increased, and the maritime department has strengthened the safety supervision of the ferry on-site to ensure the safety and convenience of people's travel.

　　This year’s Qingming holiday, China’s civil aviation is expected to transport 4.328 million passengers, a significant increase of 256.4% over the 2020 Qingming holiday, and a decrease of 10.7% from the 2019 Qingming holiday; the average passenger load factor is 73.4%, an increase of 8.1 percentage points from the 2020 Qingming holiday, compared to 2019 The Ching Ming holiday dropped by 7.1 percentage points; the country is expected to guarantee 42720 flights, an increase of 154.59% over the Ching Ming holiday last year; the average flight regular rate was 95.61%.

　　The Civil Aviation Administration stated that this year's Qingming holiday, due to the stable domestic epidemic prevention and control situation, domestic passenger traffic, average passenger load factor and flight volume were significantly higher than last year's Qingming holiday and this year's Spring Festival.

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