From February 6th, national travel agencies and online travel companies have resumed pilot outbound group tours and "air ticket + hotel" business for Chinese citizens to relevant countries.

The reporter learned from a number of airlines that with the implementation of policies such as the resumption of pilot outbound group tours and the full resumption of personnel exchanges between the Mainland and Hong Kong and Macau, various airlines are speeding up the resumption of international and regional routes.

China Eastern's international and regional routes will resume to 60 by the end of February

　　China Eastern Airlines is accelerating the recovery of international and regional routes. At present, China Eastern Airlines and its subsidiaries operate a total of 52 international and regional passenger routes, with a total of 302 flights per week, including Shanghai-New York, Shanghai-Toronto, Shanghai-Paris, Shanghai-London, Shanghai- Frankfurt, Shanghai-Sydney, Shanghai-Melbourne and other intercontinental routes.

It is expected that by February 28, China Eastern Airlines’ international and regional flights will resume to 60, reaching 410 flights per week. The newly resumed routes and flights are mainly concentrated in destinations such as Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

　　It is expected that the recovery speed of Eastern Airlines' Asia-Pacific routes will be significantly higher than that of intercontinental routes in the next period of time.

It is estimated that in the middle and late February, China Eastern Airlines will also open and add Shanghai-Dubai, Shanghai-Manila, Shanghai-Taipei Songshan, Wuxi-Hong Kong, Wuxi-Macau and other routes.

China Southern resumes and newly opens 48 round-trip routes to 12 destination countries

　　China Southern Airlines continued to increase its international capacity, resumed and newly opened 48 round-trip routes to 12 destination countries, providing passengers with a wealth of flight options departing from all over the country.

Currently, China Southern Airlines operates 50 international and regional routes, with 82 flights per week.

　　China Southern Airlines United Travel Agency launched the first tour group to destinations such as New Zealand, the Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Kenya, Maldives, Russia, and the United Arab Emirates. The traditional new-Malaysian-Taiwan tour route is in high demand in February and March.

　　China Southern Airlines will continue to enrich the selection of outbound travel routes in accordance with the outbound travel policy, and provide personalized independent travel products and group travel products.

Spring Airlines has resumed 24 international and regional routes, including 16 Southeast Asian routes

　　Spring Airlines said that it has resumed 24 international and regional routes, including 16 routes in Southeast Asia.

　　Since the Spring Festival, the passenger load factor of international and regional flights has reached an average of over 90%, and the passenger load factor of many flights has reached 100%.

After the resumption of the pilot program of outbound group tours, Spring Airlines' flights from Nanchang, Jieyang and other places to Bangkok have received requests from travel agencies for reserved seats.

At the same time, the demand for flights to tourist destinations such as Malaysia, Singapore, and Cambodia is also very hot.

The number of group tour tourists received every day is steadily increasing.

　　Spring Airlines predicts that with the acceleration of outbound travel related personnel, including destination reception staff returning to work, the positive information dissemination of first-group tourists after on-site experience, and the continuous increase of international flights, Chinese citizens’ outbound travel will pick up rapidly this year.

　Juneyao Airlines plans to implement over 110 international and regional flights per week

　　At present, Juneyao Airlines plans to carry out more than 110 international and regional flights on average every week, transporting nearly 20,000 outbound passengers per week on average, and its main flight destinations include Helsinki, Finland, Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, Bangkok, Thailand, Phuket, Chiang Mai, Singapore, Macau, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, among which Thailand, Finland, Japan, and Macau are more popular.

　　Juneyao Airlines is paying close attention to the demand of the international market and the support preparations of overseas airports, continuously optimizing the layout of the international route network, scientifically arranging flight plans, and orderly advancing the recovery progress of some popular international routes.

At the same time, Juneyao Airlines also plans to receive a total of 10 new passenger aircraft this year, including 8 advanced Airbus neo series passenger aircraft and 2 Boeing 787 Dreamliners, to prepare for the continuous and orderly recovery of the civil aviation industry.

(Guo Zhen, CCTV reporter)