More than 4.7 billion people! The Spring Festival travel season ends in 2023, and one data hits a record high

　　China News Service, February 16th (China News Finance and Economics Ge Cheng) On the 15th, the 40-day 2023 Spring Festival came to an end.

　　According to preliminary calculations by the Ministry of Transport on the 16th, during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush in 2023, the flow of people in the whole society will be about 4.733 billion, an increase of 50.5% over the same period in 2022.

Behind the data, "Floating China" is full of vigor and vitality.

On February 15, at Nanchang West Railway Station in Jiangxi Province, passengers waited in the waiting hall for the train.

Today is the last day of the Spring Festival travel in 2023.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Lixin

Significantly increased willingness to travel by car

Passenger car traffic on expressways hits record high

　　According to data from the Ministry of Transport, during the Spring Festival travel season in 2023, the flow of passenger vehicles on expressways will hit a record high.

Passenger vehicle traffic on highways across the country totaled 1.184 billion vehicle trips, carrying about 3.138 billion passenger trips, an increase of 18.6% over the same period in 2022 and an increase of 17.2% over the same period in 2019.

Data map: Liangjinshan service area of ​​Shenhai Expressway.

Yuejiao Comprehensive Photo

　　During the Spring Festival travel season in 2023, the people's accumulated travel needs such as returning home for the New Year, visiting relatives and friends, traveling and vacationing, and business travel will be released intensively, driving a rapid increase in passenger flow.

The public's willingness to choose self-driving travel has increased significantly. During the Spring Festival travel season, the number of self-driving trips hit a record high. On January 27 (the sixth day of the first month), the traffic volume of expressways reached 60.291 million, a historical peak.

　　The Ministry of Transport stated that in general, the supply of transportation capacity for the 2023 Spring Festival Transport is sufficient, the transportation organization is orderly, the security situation is stable, the prevention and control measures are in place, and the service guarantee is strong. Smooth and orderly” goal.

Railway

Over 1,000 tickets were sold in 1 second during peak hours

　　Sinonews Finance and Economics learned from China National Railway Group Co., Ltd. on the 16th that during the Spring Festival travel season in 2023, the passenger flow of railways will rebound significantly.

A total of 348 million passengers were transported by national railways, an increase of 94.73 million or 37.4% year-on-year, with an average daily transport of 8.7 million passengers, recovering to 85.5% of 2019. Among them, the number of passengers transported in a single day exceeded 10 million on 11 days.

　　According to the statistics of the railway department, the highest single-day ticket sales volume for this year’s Spring Festival travel rush reached 13.25 million, and more than 1,000 tickets were sold in one second at the peak, which is close to the peak of the same period in 2019; the success rate of waiting for ticket redemption is about 75%.

During the Spring Festival travel season, a total of 12.95 million discount tickets for children and 6.06 million student tickets were sold.

　　During the 40 days of Spring Festival travel, the national railways operated an average of 9,410 passenger trains per day, an increase of 6.8% over the same period in 2019. In the same period of Spring Festival transport, 845 trains were added.

During the Spring Festival travel season in 2023, train staff at Jiujiang Station in Jiangxi check tickets.

Photo by Gao Jin

　　It is understood that during the Spring Festival travel season this year, the railway department implemented the "Railway Express Code" service on more than 3,400 EMU trains across the country, increasing the number of stations for convenient transfer services to 100, making travel more convenient and efficient for passengers; in Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong E-tickets are implemented on all high-speed rail lines, and passengers can use Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan mobile phone numbers to register, which greatly facilitates the travel of cross-border passengers.

Strong demand on popular routes

The passenger load factor of 15 flight segments with the highest passenger traffic volume exceeds 85%

　　According to Shang Kejia, deputy director of the Transportation Department of the Civil Aviation Administration, at a press conference held on the 16th, the passenger traffic during the Spring Festival travel in 2023 will increase significantly, and the flight operations will be smooth and orderly.

Among them, 5,523 passengers were transported by civil aviation, with an average daily passenger volume of 1.38 million, an increase of 39% year-on-year during the Spring Festival travel last year, and recovered to 76% of the same period in 2019.

　　From the perspective of single-day passenger traffic, on January 27 (the sixth day of the first month), the single-day passenger traffic reached 1.79 million, setting a new industry single-day high after 631 days since May 6, 2021.

　　From the perspective of airports, there are 66 airports whose passenger throughput has recovered to more than 90% in the same period of the 2019 Spring Festival travel season, of which 54 airports have recovered more than 100%.

　　In terms of popular routes, the demand for inter-city routes such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Sanya, and Chengdu is strong, and the passenger load factor of 15 routes with the highest passenger traffic volume, including Beijing-Sanya, Guangzhou-Shanghai, and Shenzhen-Chengdu, exceeds 85%. .

Data map: Airplanes line up at Pudong Airport to take off.

Photo by Yin Liqin

　　The three major domestic airlines released operating data on the 15th, showing that in January 2023, the main operating indicators of Air China, China Eastern Airlines, and China Southern Airlines have fully recovered, and the passenger turnover of the three airlines has increased by more than 40% year-on-year.

　　Shang Kejia said, "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." (End)

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