China News Service, Beijing, February 18 (Reporter Liu Wenwen) The reporter learned from the Civil Aviation Administration of China on the 18th that during the 2024 Spring Festival holiday (February 10-February 17), the civil aviation market operated smoothly and orderly, with a total of 1,799.2 passengers transported by civil aviation across the country. million passengers, with an average daily transport volume of 2.249 million passengers, a record high.
Data map: On February 15, passengers were preparing to fly at the T1 terminal of Haikou Meilan International Airport in Haikou, Hainan. Photo by China News Service reporter Luo Yunfei
Data shows that during the 2024 Spring Festival holiday, a total of 137,000 flights will be guaranteed across the country, with an average of 17,117 flights per day, an increase of 4.9% from 2019 and an increase of 33.2% from 2023. Among them, there are an average of 14,138 domestic passenger flights per day, an increase of 17.7% compared with 2019 and an increase of 23.5% compared with 2023. The flight regularity rate was 92.7%, an increase of 9.2 percentage points from 2019, and a decrease of 5.5 percentage points from 2023; the airport clearance regularity rate was 93.5%, an increase of 7.4 percentage points from 2019, and a decrease of 4.1 percentage points from 2023.
Popular civil aviation airports during the 2024 Spring Festival holiday include Guangzhou Baiyun, Beijing Capital, Shenzhen Bao'an, Shanghai Pudong, Chengdu Tianfu, Kunming Changshui, Chongqing Jiangbei, Beijing Daxing, Xi'an Xianyang, and Hangzhou Xiaoshan; popular routes (one-way) include Beijing-Chengdu, Beijing-Shanghai, Chengdu-Beijing, Shanghai-Beijing, Beijing-Shenzhen, Shanghai-Guangzhou, Beijing-Guangzhou, Guangzhou-Shanghai, Shenzhen-Beijing, Guangzhou-Beijing.
In recent days, the return passenger flow in Hainan has surged, and relevant civil aviation departments have taken many measures to help passengers return smoothly. On the one hand, Hainan Airlines increases the supply of transportation capacity by increasing the frequency of popular routes and adding new flights; on the other hand, Hainan Airlines deploys sufficient wide-body aircraft capacity to ensure popular routes out of the island.
From February 18th to 24th, China Eastern Airlines added 5 routes to Shanghai (Hongqiao), Shanghai (Pudong), Beijing (Daxing), Taiyuan, and Wuhan at Boao Airport, providing a total of 9,694 new inbound and outbound seats. On February 20th and 23rd, China Eastern Airlines will each add one new flight from Shanghai Pudong to Qionghai Boao. After the increase in flights, from February 19th to 24th, there will be 2 round-trip flights from Shanghai Pudong to Qionghai Boao every day to help passengers travel smoothly. Return trip. (over)