Zhongxin Finance, May 26. At a press conference held by the Civil Aviation Administration on May 26, Wu Shijie, deputy director of the Aviation Safety Office of the Civil Aviation Administration, said that the domestic epidemic has been significantly impacted, the downward pressure on the economy has increased, and the price of jet fuel remains high. Affected by multiple unfavorable factors, in April, the production indicators of civil aviation transportation dropped sharply.
Specifically, the total transportation turnover, passenger transportation, and cargo and mail transportation volume of the entire civil aviation industry were 2.95 billion ton-kilometers, 7.88 million person-times, and 420,000 tons, respectively, down 68.0%, 84.6%, and 35.9% year-on-year, respectively equivalent to 28.1%, 14.8% and 69.8% in the same period in 2019.
In April, the flight efficiency index further declined. The daily utilization rate of aircraft in the industry was 2.2 hours, a year-on-year decrease of 6.4 hours.
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