China’s air passenger traffic is expected to hit a record high in 2024, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
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China expects air passenger traffic to hit a record high in 2024, rebounding to pre-pandemic levels.
Song Zhiyong, director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, said at the Asia-Pacific Aviation Safety Summit on Tuesday that the number of passenger flights this year may reach 700 million. State Council of China.
The State Council added that in the first half of this year, total passenger travel volume increased by 9% compared with the same period in 2019, indicating that China’s air travel industry has recovered from the epidemic.
That number will be up from 619.6 million passengers in 2023, according to the country’s air passenger traffic forecast for 2024 data Chinese officials released it in June.
During the eight-day Lunar New Year holiday earlier this year, driven by a domestic tourism boom, China’s tourism revenue increased by 47.4% annually, surpassing pre-pandemic levels.
An official from the Civil Aviation Administration told reporters that the Paris Olympics has recently driven international travel across the country, with particularly strong demand for flights to and from Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Europe. Chinese state media.
Meanwhile, tourism in the Asia-Pacific region has grown this year thanks to Chinese tourists.
