On February 29, the Civil Aviation Administration of China held a press conference. In 2024, a number of data of civil aviation in the Spring Festival will hit a new high and a good start, will the overall development of civil aviation continue this year? In this regard, Zhang Qing, director of the Development Planning Department of the Civil Aviation Administration, said that since the beginning of this year, the production of civil aviation transport has made a good start. In January, the total transportation turnover of the whole industry was 116100 million ton-kilometers, a year-on-year increase of 571%, an increase of 9 from the same period in 20193%；Completed passenger traffic 573180,000 person-times, a year-on-year increase of 441%, an increase of 7 compared to the same period in 20193%, the recovery of civil aviation passenger traffic has reached a new monthly high since the epidemic; 7530,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 539%, an increase of 122%, the scale of civil aviation cargo exceeded the pre-epidemic level for six consecutive months.
Zhang Qing introduced that since the launch of the Spring Festival this year (as of February 27, the eighteenth day of the first lunar month), civil aviation has transported a total of 70.2 million passengers, with a daily average of 2.13 million passengers, an increase of 56 over the same period in 20233%, an increase of 16 from 20196%；A total of 56 flights have been guaranteed80,000 classes, with an average of 17,222 classes per day, an increase of 29 over the same period in 20238%, an increase of 37%。
Zhang Qing further said that looking forward to the whole year, with the gradual recovery of the vitality of the main body of the civil aviation market, the return of production and operation order to normal, the further accumulation of industry development momentum, and the increasing number of factors and conditions to support high-quality development, China's civil aviation will enter a new cycle of sustained, rapid and healthy development. In 2024, the total transportation turnover, passenger traffic, cargo and mail traffic volume and other major indicators of the civil aviation industry are expected to exceed the pre-epidemic level as a whole, the year-on-year growth rate of passengers is expected to reach double digits, and the year-on-year growth rate of cargo and mail is expected to achieve a slight increase.
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