Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 8 (Reporter Ye Haoming, Wang Yuhao) The reporter learned from the Civil Aviation Administration of China on the 8th that the civil aviation passenger traffic during the Spring Festival in 2024 will reach 80 million, with a daily average of 2 million passengers, an increase of 9 compared with the Spring Festival in 20198%, an increase of 44 compared with the Spring Festival in 20239%。
The 2024 Spring Festival will start on January 26 and end on March 5, for a total of 40 days. At the regular press conference of the Civil Aviation Administration held on the same day, Liang Nan, director of the Transportation Department of the Civil Aviation Administration, introduced that during the Spring Festival this year, the peak passenger volume is expected to occur on February 8 (December 29, 16 (July 20 (January 11) and February 25 (January 16).
Liang Nan said that from the perspective of the domestic market, the overall flow of civil aviation passengers is staggered to start school, return to home, travel and travel, etc., thanks to the extension of this year's Spring Festival holiday compared with previous years, "visiting relatives + tourism" will become a popular travel mode this year. The popular routes are mainly concentrated in the four major urban agglomerations of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao, and Chengdu-Chongqing. Sanya, Haikou and other southern tourist cities, as well as northeastern, Xinjiang and other places in the ice and snow tourism cities will see a significant increase in tourist volume. From the perspective of the international market, the outbound travel market is expected to form a short-term peak season during the Spring Festival, and there will be a small peak in the volume of some single-day international flights before and after the Spring Festival, and neighboring countries and regions such as Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia will become hot spots for travel, and the demand for international family visits and study abroad will also increase.
With the high superposition of the flow of family visits, students, workers and tourists, it is expected that the average daily guaranteed flights of national aviation during the Spring Festival travel period will reach 1650,000 classes, basically the same as in 2019 and an increase of 24% over 2023. Liang Nan said.
In order to do a good job in ensuring the Spring Festival transportation of civil aviation this year, Liang Nan said that he will deepen the investigation and management of hidden dangers, and carry out special inspections on safe operation during the Spring Festival transportation period to clear the hidden dangers. Airlines are encouraged to arrange flight schedule increments at airports where demand is strong and meet relevant requirements, continue to ensure the smooth flow of air logistics, and ensure the guarantee of urgent and key materials. We will further optimize flight scheduling, handle flight delays, prevent and control new coronavirus infections and other key infectious diseases in winter and spring, implement prevention and control measures in key public areas such as airports, and guide passengers to do a good job of personal health protection.
In the next step, the Civil Aviation Administration of China will conscientiously implement the work requirements of the Spring Festival, continue to carry out situation research and judgment, and dynamically optimize safeguard measures to ensure that the people are provided with safe, reliable, healthy, comfortable, efficient and high-quality air transport services. Liang Nan said.
Editor: Guo Bingxin.