Special summer transportation system ”Hot Luck”: International flights recover to 80% of 2019 levels - Chinese report

In China, the start of the summer special transportation system "Summer Yuan" is fast approaching. According to the aviation information app "Hongban Guanjia," the number of civil aviation passengers during this year's "Summer Yuan" period (July-August) is expected to reach 100,000,000.
The number is expected to reach 135 million, up 7% from the same period last year, and a 12.2% increase from the same period in 2019, before the COVID-19 virus outbreak.
A total of 994,000 flights are scheduled to operate during the same period, averaging 16,000 flights per day. Forty domestic airlines in China have made "summer luck" plans.
Of these, 36 airlines plan to increase their flight volume compared to the 2023 "Summer" season. The "Airport Manager" also predicted that the number of international flights during the same period would recover to 80% of the 2019 level.
Southeast Asia and East Asia remain popular destinations, with flights to and from these regions accounting for 76.2% of the total.
During this year's "hot season," Japan, Thailand, and South Korea were the top three destinations for Chinese tourists.
However, the number of flights to any of these countries has not yet recovered to the same level as in the same period in 2019. On the other hand, the number of flights to Malaysia, Singapore, the UK, Italy, etc. has increased compared to the same period in 2019.
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