China News Service, Haikou, February 15 (Reporter Fu Yuqun and Wang Xiaobin) The reporter learned from the Hainan Provincial Department of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television and Sports on the 15th that in order to effectively alleviate related problems such as the shortage of return flights out of the island, the National Civil Aviation Administration has agreed to increase Hainan’s transportation capacity. Major airlines are actively submitting plans to increase capacity.
Haikou Meilan International Airport introduced that on February 14, the airport increased the launch of wide-body aircraft by 10 sorties, reaching 100 sorties, an increase of 16.3% compared to 2023. Among them, the routes from north to Shenzhen, Chengdu and Chongqing are 26, 14, 8, 12 and 10 times respectively.
Data from Sanya Phoenix International Airport shows that since February, the airport’s daily passenger throughput has exceeded 75,000. During the 2024 Spring Festival Golden Week (February 10 to 17), the airport plans to carry out 2,974 flights and is expected to transport There were more than 630,000 passengers.
In order to meet the travel needs of passengers during the Spring Festival travel period, Sanya Phoenix International Airport actively coordinated with airlines to increase the capacity of routes to key passenger source areas such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Kunming, Xi'an, and Chongqing. China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, China Air China and Sichuan Airlines respectively replaced wide-body aircraft to fly Sanya routes.
Hainan Airlines stated that during the peak return period from the fifth to the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Hainan Airlines plans to arrange 110 outbound flights in Hainan every day, including 80 flights from Haikou and 27 flights from Sanya; at the same time, it will deploy sufficient wide-body aircraft capacity to ensure popular departures. Island routes, wide-body aircraft route destinations cover Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Chongqing, Chengdu, Harbin and other hot cities, accounting for 31% of the total outbound flights. (over)