Travelling again: Passengers queueing at the Hong Kong International Airport. The number of domestic flights reached 126 million in the first quarter of this year. — Reuters
BEIJING: China’s domestic aviation passenger transportation scale has recovered to about 90% of the pre-epidemic level in the first quarter (1Q) of this year, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China as reported by The Paper on Tuesday.
The number of domestic flight trips reached 126 million in 1Q, up 66.6% year-on-year (y-o-y), the scale was about 88.6% of the same period in 2019.
The number of international flight trips reached 2.24 million in the same period, up 717% y-o-y, which was equivalent to 12.4% of the same period in 2019.
As international passenger flights continue to recover, passenger traffic on international routes has recovered to 18.1% of the pre-epidemic level in March. A total of 45.7 million passenger trips were made in March this year, up 197.4% y-o-y, recovering to about 85.4% of the same period in 2019.
In March, the whole industry completed 938,000 hours of transport aviation flights, up 116.9% y-o-y.
Generally speaking, the overall trend of Chinese civil aviation economy in the first quarter has been improving, said Li Yong, deputy director of the Civil Aviation Administration’s aviation safety office. — China Daily/ANN
