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China plans 1.2% more passenger flights in northern hemisphere winter season
October 31st 2024
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has asked domestic and overseas airlines to apply for 19,327 passenger and cargo flights a week in the winter-spring season, 1.2% more than a year ago. Read More » More than half of the flights will be operated from 57 countries taking part in China’s Belt and Road initiative. Scheduled international flights for the winter-spring season will be 23% lower than the 2019-20 season, the regulator said, mainly as a result of a slower than expected recovery in European and U.S markets. At present, flights to North America out of China are less than half the numbers of pre-pandemic 2019 and early 2020. YiCai Global reports Europe has the most direct routes, but its operations are down by seven from five years ago. In the upcoming winter-spring season, international flights operated by China’s airlines will increase to 62%.
