CAAC: Over 8 Million People Travel by Air During Chinese New Year Holiday
Addtime：2015-02-25 09:57
More than 60,000 flights were operated during the week-long Spring Festival holiday, an increase of 7.8 percent over the same period last year. Airlines have deployed sufficient capacity for the holiday travel rush, offering 13 million seats totally.
Meanwhile, air passengers increased 7.3 percent year on year from 7.69 million to 8.25 million. Daily passenger numbers exceeded 1.35 million on Feb. 23 and 24, hitting a record high among the Spring Festival holidays.
Data shows that large departing passengers' flow was handled at airports in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Haikou, Sanya, Chengdu, Chongqing, Kunming and Urumqi.
The passenger load factor remained high on Hong Kong and Taiwan routes, as well as some international routes to South Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian countries.
By Joy Wong, WCARN.com