Text: Yangcheng Evening News, reporter Li Zhiwen, correspondents, Nan Xuan, Cao Pu, Song Changqi.
The 2024 New Year's Day holiday is coming, and even if the weather is cold, it can't resist the high enthusiasm of tourists. The reporter learned that many airlines have made corresponding flight adjustments according to the characteristics of passenger flow during the New Year's Day holiday.
In order to meet the travel needs of passengers, China Southern Airlines Group plans to carry out about 15,490 flights from December 28 to January 2. Among them, 13,793 flights are planned for domestic routes, and 1,697 flights are planned for international and regional routes.
Domestically, the passenger flow on New Year's Day is mainly in a north-south trend, with Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Xi'an, Haikou, Sanya, Harbin and other places as the main travel destinations. China Southern Airlines will carry out more than 7,300 flights in the four hotspot cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and more than 69% of China Southern Airlines passengers will go to these four places to check in.
Snow viewing in the Northeast is a popular choice for travelers from the South, with about 1,087 flights carrying travelers from all over the country to the Northeast to experience the magnificent sight of thousands of miles of ice. More than 10% of China Southern Airlines passengers will take more than 600 flights to Hainan Island to bask in the warm winter sun. During the New Year's Day, visiting Xi'an and Hangzhou is also a good leisure choice, with about 1,100 flights to help tourists enjoy the West Lake of Hangzhou and taste the ancient charm of Chang'an.
On the international and regional front, the main outbound travel on New Year's Day this year was concentrated in Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea. China Southern Airlines will carry out more than 300 flights in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam to help tourists enjoy the scenery of Southeast Asia in depth on the occasion of the New Year. Driven by the visa-free policy, Thailand is also a popular choice, with nearly 90 flights flying to Bangkok.
China Southern Airlines will also carry out nearly 80 flights on Australia-New Zealand routes, of which Sydney accounts for the largest proportion, with 41 flights planned. More than 200 flights have been carried out on South Korean routes, providing convenience for passengers from Guangzhou, Dalian, Shanghai and other places to travel to South Korea.
The reporter also learned from China United Airlines that according to the ticket sales, combined with the analysis of passenger flow, China United Airlines optimized the flight capacity arrangement during the New Year's Day in advance, and from December 30 to January 1, it is planned to put 691 flights and put in more than 12 seats60,000, with a total investment of about 17.8 billion seat kilometers.
In order to meet the travel needs of passengers during the New Year's Day, China United Airlines continued to optimize and increase its capacity, opening new routes such as Shijiazhuang = Foshan and Wenzhou = Huizhou, encrypting routes such as Beijing Daxing = Yiwu and Wenzhou = Zhuhai, and switching to wide-body aircraft on popular routes and popular times such as Sanya, Haikou, Hongqiao and Chongqing, so as to provide passengers with a more comfortable flight experience.
Spring Airlines' Shenyang base has optimized and adjusted its flights to meet market demand, and has increased capacity investment in popular cities such as Sanya, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Ningbo and Xiamen. According to the person in charge of Spring Airlines' Shenyang base, the most expensive time points for air tickets** are basically on December 29, 2023, December 30, 2023, and January 1, 2024, and then air tickets** show a gradual downward trend.