It is expected that the number of passengers will reach a new high., The railway and civil aviation have made sufficient preparations, and the summer transportation route has been launched
On July 1st, the summer transportation officially started. According to the railway department's forecast, the Yangtze River Delta railway is expected to send more than 150 million passengers this summer, more than 10 million more than the same period in 2019, an increase of more than 7%, and will set a new historical high.
Starting from that day, the Yangtze River Delta Railway will implement a new train schedule, adding 9 pairs of direct passenger trains from the Yangtze River Delta to Beijing, Henan, Jiangxi, Shandong, Gansu, and other areas. Multiple managed passenger trains will also be added between major cities in the Yangtze River Delta region.
According to the railway department, this year's railway summer passenger transportation period starts from July 1st and ends on August 31st, totaling 62 days. During this period, the passenger flow of the Yangtze River Delta railway is expected to exhibit six characteristics: firstly, the overall passenger flow shows a "smile" curve of "high at both ends and low in the middle"; Secondly, the passenger flow is mainly composed of tourism, family visits, and student flows; Thirdly, the trend of passenger flow maintaining concentration towards the Yangtze River Delta region and towards high-speed trains remains unchanged, with an increase in the proportion of medium and long-distance passenger flow; Fourthly, the weekly passenger flow has obvious characteristics, with a significant increase in weekend passenger flow compared to mid week passenger flow; The fifth is the high concentration of passenger flow in traditional tourist cities, and the phased concentration of passenger flow in cities with abundant educational resources and labor hubs; Sixth, with the influence of favorable factors such as road network optimization and capacity growth, the passenger flow of new lines and stations in Jiangsu and Anhui provinces has shown a significant increase.
In terms of civil aviation, major airlines are also preparing sufficient capacity to welcome the summer rush. Among them, China Eastern Airlines plans to invest more than 780 aircraft in this year's summer transportation, with a planned daily flight volume of over 2990 during peak season. The planned passenger seat kilometers have been restored to 102% of the 2019 summer transportation level, with an average daily flight volume of 916 departing from Shanghai.
In terms of domestic routes, in response to the characteristics of the tourism market and passenger travel preferences during this year's summer travel, China Eastern Airlines plans to increase its capacity investment in areas such as Xi'an, Xinjiang, and Inner Mongolia, and open new routes from Pudong to Manzhouli, Pudong to Bole, Pudong to Altay, Daxing to Dunhuang, Hangzhou to Xining, Guangzhou to Lijiang, and Ordos to Shenyang. In terms of international routes, China Eastern Airlines has experienced a relatively dense resumption of routes in mid to late June, involving multiple destinations such as Europe, Oceania, Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia. It is expected that after July, China Eastern Airlines will operate over 100 international regional routes per week, with over 1400 takeoff and landing flights.
Due to some flight connection issues, some passengers are unable to transfer on the same day. China Eastern Airlines recently launched an overnight transfer service product on its APP, providing one night free transfer hotel service for passengers who purchase actual transportation from China Eastern Airlines through all channels and meet the product's applicable conditions through Shanghai, Beijing, Xi'an, and Kunming.
On the private airline side, Spring Airlines plans to operate over 30000 flights during this year's summer travel season, with an estimated passenger capacity of about 5 million. Both data show a year-on-year increase of over 20% compared to 2019. At the same time, Spring Airlines will also add new routes from Lanzhou to Fuyun, resume routes from Shanghai to Sapporo, and resume and encrypt a number of domestic and international routes.
In addition, Jixiang Airlines plans to operate over 26000 flights and transport nearly 4 million passengers this summer. Jixiang Airlines has launched a series of new routes, including popular tourist routes in China such as Shanghai Dunhuang, Shanghai Hailar, Nanjing Hailar, Hangzhou Xining, Huizhou Changsha Hailar, Wuxi Qingdao Hailar, etc; On the international front, there are new direct flights from Beijing Daxing to Osaka, Nagoya, and Jeju Island in South Korea starting from July 1st, as well as one daily flight from Shanghai Pudong to Nagoya starting from August 8th.
