The scale of civil aviation passenger transportation in China reached a historic high in August
Beijing, September 15th (Xinhua) - Li Yong, Deputy Director of the Aviation Safety Office of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, stated on September 15th that in August, the scale of China's civil aviation passenger transportation reached a historic high, with a passenger transportation volume of 63.964 million, a year-on-year increase of 98% and a 4.5% increase compared to the same period in 2019.
Li Yong said at the regular press conference of the Civil Aviation Administration of China that in August, the aviation transportation market maintained a good recovery trend, with a total transportation turnover of 11.61 billion tons per kilometer completed by the entire industry, a year-on-year increase of 87.4%. The overall scale of aviation transportation has exceeded the level of 2019 for two consecutive months. The passenger transportation scale of domestic routes increased by 11.2% compared to the same period in 2019, while the passenger transportation scale of international routes recovered to 52% of the same period in 2019. The scale of civil aviation cargo and mail transportation has reached 636000 tons, an increase of 1.1% compared to the same period in 2019, and has reached over 600000 tons for three consecutive months.
On June 2nd, the Civil Aviation Administration of China launched a special campaign to improve the near bridge docking rate of flights at airports with a capacity of tens of millions. As of the end of August, the average bridge occupancy rate of flights near 41 million level airports in China has increased from 79.82% to 83.23%, with a cumulative increase of 150000 bridge flights.
Li Yong stated that in the next step, the Civil Aviation Administration of China will shift the work of improving the bridge occupancy rate from short-term rectification to normalized governance, with increasing the bridge occupancy rate as the starting point, and continuously promote the improvement of airport operational efficiency and service quality while ensuring operational safety.