Chinanews.com, December 22, "As of December 20, the Civil Aviation Administration has issued a total of 140 fusing instructions to Chinese and foreign airlines, including 54 domestic airlines and 86 foreign airlines. 272 international passenger flights have been cancelled. Effectively preventing the import of the epidemic from abroad.” Dong Zhiyi, deputy director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, made the above statement when answering reporters' questions on December 22.
Data map: A woman passes the arrival flight information screen at Terminal 3 of Beijing Capital Airport.
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The State Council Information Office published a white paper on "Sustainable Development of China's Transportation" on December 22 and held a press conference to introduce and interpret the relevant situation.
A reporter asked at the meeting that the business of airlines, especially international flights, has been greatly affected by the epidemic this year. What measures will the Civil Aviation Administration take next to help airlines transform and upgrade and coordinate epidemic prevention and control under the normalized situation of epidemic prevention and control? And the upgrade of the aviation industry?
In this regard, Dong Zhiyi introduced that at present, the pressure of overseas epidemic input is increasing. The Civil Aviation Administration has recently implemented adjustments to the circuit breaker measures for international passenger flights based on the situation of the epidemic. At present, there are about 250 international passenger flights per week. From December 16th, the number of passengers with positive nucleic acid test results on the same airline's flight has reached 5, and the company's route operation has been suspended for 2 weeks, which turned out to be 1 week.
"As of December 20, the Civil Aviation Administration has issued a total of 140 fusing instructions to Chinese and foreign airlines, including 54 domestic airlines and 86 foreign airlines. 272 international passenger flights have been cancelled, effectively preventing overseas imports of the epidemic."
Dong Zhiyi said that in view of the current situation of international cargo flights, there are about 6,000 passenger flights per week. The Civil Aviation Administration has increased the risk prevention and control level and requirements of cargo flights, and increased the prevention of key links in air logistics such as cold chain, cargo, and luggage. , Disinfection and protection requirements for key personnel such as freight personnel and luggage personnel.
Through the establishment of multi-level, multi-level, three-dimensional, and precise prevention and control measures in this way, under the premise of preventing and controlling the epidemic, the actual demand for the gradual recovery of domestic and international personnel and goods exchanges can be met.
Dong Zhiyi pointed out that at present, the Civil Aviation Administration of China is following the requirements of the State Council’s joint prevention and control mechanism, and is cautiously doing a good job of normalizing the epidemic prevention and control. At the same time, it is strengthening precise measures in accordance with the development and changes of the situation, especially from promoting the construction of the domestic market. Starting from the new development pattern of mutual promotion of the international double cycle, we will promote the reform of civil aviation marketization, further stimulate market vitality and corporate innovation, and improve the quality of industry operation.