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China forecasts tough Golden Week for Mainland carriers
April 29th 2022
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has forecast passenger numbers could drop up to 77% during the Labor Day holiday (April 30-May 4), FlightGlobal reports, quoting comments from the regulator's director of transportation, Liang Nan, who said there was low demand for air travel currently. Read More » China has been battling fresh outbreaks of COVID-19 in Beijing and Shanghai. There were 8,368 new COVID-19 infections in China on April 27, World Health Organisation figures show. Reported cases have been rising steadily from less than 3,000 a day earlier in the month. The country's three largest airline groups - Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines – have recorded weak passenger numbers for March.
