Elephant News reporter Zhao Quantang.
On February 20, the reporter learned from Yunnan Lucky Air Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Lucky Air"), a subsidiary of HNA Aviation Group, that during the Spring Festival this year, the demand for passenger travel was strong, and all parts of the country ushered in the peak of family visits and tourism, and Sanya, Haikou, Xishuangbanna, Kunming, Chengdu, Chongqing, Harbin and other countries became popular travel destinations.
During the Spring Festival holiday in 2024, Lucky Air will operate more than 1,900 flights, an increase of 58% year-on-year and 12% over the same period in 2019. More than 310,000 passengers were transported, an increase of 85% year-on-year and 17% over the same period in 2019, of which 41,359 passengers were transported on February 16, the highest during the holiday; The average passenger load factor of flights reached 92%, an increase of 10 percentage points year-on-year.
Lucky Air passenger aircraft.
The popular routes for Spring Festival passengers are concentrated in Chengdu = Sanya Haikou, Kunming = Sanya, Zhengzhou = Haikou and other island routes, Xishuangbanna = Dali Lijiang and other routes in Yunnan Province, Kunming = Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and other domestic provincial capital city trunk lines. For international routes, Lucky Air has launched "Preferential Baggage" and "Super Value Economy" products, with a free checked baggage allowance of 30kg, making international travel more convenient for passengers during the Chinese New Year. ”
According to the staff of Lucky Air, in order to effectively ensure the transportation of passengers during the Spring Festival holiday, Lucky Air has promoted the travel guarantee of passengers during the Spring Festival from the aspects of new routes and frequency increases, the launch of New Year products and the linkage of sales platforms, so as to provide passengers with rich choices and convenient benefits for visiting relatives and friends and sightseeing to the greatest extent.
With the frequent occurrence of extreme weather in winter and spring, and the increase in the risk of flight operation, Lucky Air systematically planned the safe operation before the holiday, formulated a series of safeguard measures and emergency plans according to the characteristics of the season, carried out multi-subject combat drills to improve the ability to deal with special situations, and investigated and treated hidden dangers with a "zero tolerance" attitude. During the festival, we strengthened the management of on-duty and aircrew personnel, strictly enforced flight release standards, strengthened flight dynamic monitoring and information reporting, and coordinated the risk management and control of high-level flight volume.
On the basis of doing a good job in safety, Lucky Air has also integrated sincere service into every aspect of the journey to ensure passengers. During the Spring Festival holiday, Lucky Air focuses on providing guidance and companionship services for the elderly, children, special passengers and first-time passengers who travel alone. At the same time, on the flight 8l9879 Kunming to Fuzhou on Chinese New Year's Eve, Lucky Air launched the theme activity of "Chinese New Year's Eve Gathering Blessings, Pengyou Sending Auspiciousness", passengers received "red envelopes" at an altitude of 10,000 meters to receive blessings, collect "Fu cards" for gifts, and taste "reunion meals" together, and felt the full "taste of the year" together. In addition, Lucky Air has also updated its in-flight entertainment system with 10 domestic and international films to enrich passengers' time on board.
Lucky Air "Chinese New Year's Eve Fortune, Pengyou Sends Auspicious" theme flight.
After the end of the Spring Festival holiday, at present, passengers are mainly returning to work, returning to school, and it is expected that the next wave of passenger flow will appear around the Lantern Festival. The staff of Lucky Air said that the company will conscientiously implement various safety work, dynamically optimize safeguard measures, continue to improve operation and service quality, and ensure that passengers are provided with safe, reliable, efficient and high-quality air transportation services.
*: Elephant News).