Rabbit Flying Rapidly|The Spring Festival Passenger Flow at Many Airports Picks Up: Shanghai’s Two Airports Increased by Over 70%, Capital Airport’s Increased by More than Twofold

  During the first Spring Festival holiday after the release of multiple favorable policies, the passenger flow of airports in many places rebounded rapidly.

  On January 28, a number of major airports across the country released Spring Festival holiday data. According to The Paper, passenger traffic at Shanghai’s two airports increased by more than 70% year-on-year during the Spring Festival holiday this year, returning to 60% of the same period in 2019.

The number of passengers transported by Capital Airport more than doubled year-on-year.

The number of inbound and outbound passengers at Baiyun Airport has increased by more than 80% year-on-year, and has returned to the level of the same period in the 2019 Spring Festival travel season.

The passenger throughput of Hainan Haikou Meilan International Airport, Qionghai Boao Airport, and Sanya Phoenix International Airport increased by nearly 30% year-on-year, returning to 90% of the same period in the 2019 Spring Festival travel season.

  Specifically, according to news from Shanghai Airport Group on January 28, during the Spring Festival holiday from January 21 to 27, Shanghai Pudong and Hongqiao Airports guaranteed a total of 10,681 inbound and outbound flights (among which, Pudong Airport had 6,404 flights and Hongqiao Airport had 4,277 flights). , a year-on-year increase of 17.3%, returning to 70% of the same period in 2019; passenger flow of 1.351 million (including 748,000 at Pudong Airport and 603,000 at Hongqiao Airport), a year-on-year increase of 74.5%, returning to 60% of the same period in 2019 .

  On the evening of January 20, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued a notice to resume outbound and group tours on a pilot basis.

Prior to this, China had canceled entry nucleic acid testing and centralized isolation since January 8, and optimized personnel exchanges between the mainland and Hong Kong and Macau.

  In terms of international flights, Shanghai Airport stated that as China's war against the "epidemic" enters a new stage, Shanghai's international passenger flights are gradually resuming. At present, Pudong International Airport has an average of about 80 international passenger flights per day, a year-on-year increase of about 1 times, reaching 30 countries around the world. 42 international waypoints.

During the Spring Festival holiday this year, Thailand is the most popular international route.

  According to the Xinmin Evening News, as of January 27, during the Spring Festival travel season, the border checkpoints at Shanghai Airport have inspected more than 280,000 passengers, with an average of 14,000 per day.

Among them, nearly 19,000 people entered and exited the country on January 27, ushering in a peak passenger flow, about four times that before the policy adjustment.

During the seven days of the Spring Festival holiday, the immigration management police at Shanghai Airport checked a total of 105,000 entry-exit personnel, a year-on-year increase of 150%, and inspected 587 entry-exit passenger flights, a year-on-year increase of 160%.

  In terms of Beijing Airport, The Paper learned from Beijing Capital International Airport on January 28 that during the Spring Festival holiday from January 21 to 27, Capital Airport took off and landed 5,169 flights and transported 710,000 passengers, an increase of about 64.78%, 208.7%.

  According to CCTV news reports, on January 28 (the seventh day of the first lunar month), the first day after the Spring Festival holiday, Beijing Daxing International Airport plans to implement 761 flights, with an estimated passenger throughput of 115,000.

From January 21 (New Year's Eve) to January 27 (the sixth day of the first lunar month), during the seven-day Spring Festival holiday, Daxing Airport has completed a cumulative passenger throughput of 656,000 passengers and executed 4,683 flights, with an average daily passenger throughput of 93,800 passengers. 669 flights.

  According to the WeChat public account "Baiyun Airport Release" on January 28, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport received over one million passengers during the Spring Festival holiday, reaching 1,022,214 passengers.

Among them, the domestic passenger flow has rebounded rapidly, with an average of 141,200 inbound and outbound passengers per day, a year-on-year increase of 83.07% compared with 2022, and has returned to the level of the same period in the 2019 Spring Festival travel season.

On January 27, Baiyun Airport ushered in the peak of passenger flow back to Guangzhou, picking up and dropping off 179,624 passengers throughout the day, setting a new record for picking up and dropping off passengers in a single day during the Spring Festival travel season this year, showing a strong recovery momentum.

This return peak is expected to last until January 31.

  At the Guangdong Province High-Quality Development Conference held on January 28, the Paper reporter learned that Cai Zhizhou, chairman and general manager of Guangdong Airport Management Group Co., Ltd., said at the conference that he would anchor the goal of building a world-class airport and further optimize the international airport. Route layout, enhance hub energy level and core competitiveness.

Seize the opportunity of market recovery, increase market development efforts, and ensure that production recovery is higher than the industry average. Baiyun Airport strives to recover to more than 80% of the pre-epidemic level, and other airports strive to recover to more than 90% of the pre-epidemic level.

  In addition to Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, popular tourist destinations have driven the explosive growth of airport passenger flow.

  On January 28, The Paper learned that during the Spring Festival holiday in Hainan Island, Haikou Meilan International Airport, Qionghai Boao Airport, and Sanya Phoenix International Airport had 6,683 flights in and out of the island, with a passenger throughput of 1.092 million passengers and a cargo and mail throughput of 3,018. tons, which increased by 7.2%, 27.0%, and 0.4% year-on-year respectively, and recovered to 98.4%, 90.9%, and 96.1% of the same period in the 2019 Spring Festival Transport.

  Among them, the peak number of passengers in a single day during the Golden Week was on January 27. The passenger throughput of the three airports on the island exceeded 180,000. The daily passenger throughput reached a new high.

  On the whole, the number of passengers transported by civil aviation during the Spring Festival holiday increased by nearly 80% year-on-year.

On January 28, according to the website of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, from January 21 to 27, 2023 (Lunar New Year's Eve to the sixth day of the first month), civil aviation transported 9 million passengers during the seven-day Spring Festival holiday, an increase of 79.8% over the same period during the 2022 Spring Festival.

During the seven-day Spring Festival holiday, the airports with a high number of inbound and outbound passengers include Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Beijing, Kunming, Xi'an, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Chengdu and other major tourist source and destination cities.

  The Paper reporter Shao Bingyan