China News Service, February 16th, on the 16th, Shang Kejia, deputy director of the Transportation Department of the Civil Aviation Administration, said at a press conference that after the implementation of the "Class B and B Management" policy on January 8, civil aviation coincides with the peak production season of the Spring Festival. Rapid recovery, safe and stable operation.
In the new flight season, in terms of the domestic passenger transport market, it will continue to maintain a rapid recovery trend, and the number of flights is expected to recover and exceed the pre-epidemic level.
According to the overall plan of the Party Central Committee and the State Council to implement "Class B and B management" for the infection of the new crown virus, the Civil Aviation Administration canceled the "five ones" and "one country, one policy" international passenger flight control measures, and returned to the implementation under the framework of the bilateral air transport agreement Management, starting from January 8th, the application of Chinese and foreign airlines for resuming flights in this season and the application for additional flights in the new season will be accepted.
According to Shang Kejia, judging from the actual flight situation last week (February 6-12), my country has resumed scheduled passenger flights with 58 countries, and 98 Chinese and foreign airlines have implemented a total of 795 flights. The week before the release of the "Class B and B management" policy (January 2-8, 482 classes) increased by 65%.
The number of flights between China and six countries in the Asia-Pacific region including Thailand, Cambodia, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Vietnam increased by 226, exceeding 70% of the total number of additional flights.
The number of navigable city pairs, navigable countries and operating airlines has recovered to 25%, 64% and 80% respectively before the epidemic.
The overall passenger flight volume recovered to 9% of the pre-epidemic level, and Chinese airlines accounted for 62% of the total.
More than 20% of flights between China and 27 countries including the United Arab Emirates, Italy, New Zealand, the Netherlands, and Kazakhstan have resumed. Among them, 6 countries including Egypt, Belgium, and Saudi Arabia have resumed more than 50% of flights.
After the season changes, with the gradual recovery of international business personnel exchanges, tourism, study abroad and other markets, airlines, especially foreign airlines, will gradually adjust their flight capacity, and the volume of international flights is expected to further increase.
Shang Kejia said that in the future, the Civil Aviation Administration will continue to coordinate the work of operational safety, epidemic prevention and control, and the resumption of international flights, maintain communication with the civil aviation authorities of various countries, and promptly approve the resumption and flight increase plans of Chinese and foreign airlines, so as to better meet the needs of international airlines. The needs of passenger travel and economic and trade exchanges.