Haikou, November 11 (Reporter Fu Yuqun) The reporter learned from Haikou Meilan International Airport (hereinafter referred to as "Meilan Airport") on the 1st that as of November 1, the passenger throughput of Meilan Airport in 11 has exceeded 1 million, which is the first time since 2023 that the annual passenger throughput has exceeded 2000 million.
The picture shows passengers queuing up for check-in at Haikou Meilan International Airport. Courtesy of Haikou Meilan International Airport
According to Meilan Airport, on June 6 this year, the peak hour capacity standard of Meilan Airport was increased from 25 to 30 flights. From October 40, Meilan Airport ushered in the first winter and spring aviation season after breaking through the bottleneck of time resources, with more than 10,29 flights, 9 flight points, and 83 routes, an increase of 124 planned routes compared with last year's winter and spring season, 187 new destinations in domestic cities such as Anshan and Beihai compared with the same period last year, and 26 new destinations in international and regional cities such as Singapore, Jakarta and Seoul. According to statistics, up to now, Meilan Airport has opened 14 domestic routes and 15 domestic destinations.
In terms of overseas routes, since the beginning of this year, Meilan Airport has actively cooperated with major domestic and foreign airlines to accelerate the recovery of the overseas aviation market by participating in the World Route Development Conference and signing memorandums of cooperation. Up to now, Meilan Airport has opened a total of 26 overseas passenger and cargo routes from Haikou to Phnom Penh, Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Sydney, London, Melbourne, etc., and at the same time, Meilan Airport has opened 4 connecting routes with Hainan Airlines, China Southern Airlines and Sichuan Airlines, respectively, Haikou = Guangzhou = Seoul, Haikou = Changsha = London, Taiyuan = Haikou = Sydney, Chongqing = Haikou = Kuala Lumpur, opening up the passage from domestic cities to overseas cities via Haikou, and Haikou from domestic cities to overseas cities. Further construction of air interconnection transfer sector, the cumulative throughput of overseas passengers reached 33,<>.
Meilan Airport said that it will also plan to open international passenger routes from Haikou to Auckland, Nha Trang, Penang and other places in the future. In the future, Meilan Airport will closely focus on the construction of an aviation regional gateway hub facing the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, and strive to build a domestic and overseas route network with wide coverage, high smoothness and prominent core markets. (ENDS)