China News Service, Tianjin, March 6 (Reporter Wang Junyan, Correspondent Liu Chengcheng and Li Ling) The 40-day Spring Festival Transport has ended. The reporter learned from Tianjin Binhai Airport that during the Spring Festival Transport in 2024, Tianjin Binhai Airport completed a passenger throughput of more than 2.36 million, completing The number of transportation flights exceeded 17,000, an increase of 42.74% and 26.54% respectively compared with 2023.
During this year’s Spring Festival travel period, Tianjin Binhai Airport’s passenger throughput increased significantly compared with the beginning of the year, with an average of 59,000 passengers transported per day.
During the Spring Festival, the airport’s average daily passenger throughput remained above 60,000. On February 16 (the seventh day of the lunar month), the daily passenger throughput reached 67,000.
According to statistics, domestically, Chengdu, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xi'an, Chongqing, Kunming, Changsha, Shenzhen, Sanya, and Xiamen have become popular cities for tourists; internationally and regionally, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Vietnam have become popular cities for tourists. Popular travel destinations.
In order to ensure that passengers can return home smoothly for travel, Tianjin Binhai Airport continues to promote the adjustment of flight routes and aircraft types during the Spring Festival travel period.
During the Spring Festival travel period, Tianjin Binhai Airport has joined forces with eight domestic and foreign airlines to add flights from Tianjin to Dalian, Hohhot, Changsha, Xiamen, Shuozhou, Changzhi, Kunming, Shanghai, Lanzhou, Chongqing, Singapore, Bangkok and other domestic and overseas routes.
At the same time, United Airlines adjusted the types of aircraft it operates on popular routes such as Sanya during the Spring Festival travel rush, using wide-body aircraft to improve the comfort of passengers during the Spring Festival travel rush. During the Spring Festival travel rush, wide-body aircraft operated a total of nearly 370 flights, an increase of more than 41% compared with the same period last year. %.
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