CAAC Integrated Transport Stats Jan. 25-31

According to initial statistics, there were in total 32,212 flights between January 25th and 31st, 2009, an increase of 8.5% over last Spring Festival holiday season. 4.02 million passengers flew during this time, an increase of 20%.
Aviation transportation during Spring Festival holidays are characterized as follows: 1. Passengers travel in advance. Analyzing the daily flights in the major airports, since January 11th, the daily passenger volume averagely reached 539,000 people, exceeding the average daily volume of 500,000 people during last year’s Spring Festival. On January 23rd, it reached 591,000 people, and it descended to 546,000 and 378,000 people on January 24th and 25th, 2009. 2. The ratio of seats occupied reached 70% in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Kunming, Urumqi, Chengdu, Haikou and the other traditional hot cities, as well as in Tianjin, Zhuhai, Sanya, Yinchuan, Jinghong and Lhasa; the ratio in all the other cities was much lower. 3. All the airlines were well-prepared to meet the travelers’ demands for return trips.