After China officially stated that it will provide convenience for foreigners to China, the Civil Aviation Administration of China announced that the China International Flight Plan will increase by 105.9%year -on -year from October 30.Scholars of interviewees predict that this will promote a significant decline in air ticket prices to and from China.
According to the Global Times, the Civil Aviation Administration of Civil Aviation Aviation announced on Wednesday (October 26) at a regular launch conference to announce the Winter Spring Festival Airlines flight plan from October 30 to March 25 next year.Xu Qing, deputy director of the Communications Department of the China Civil Aviation Administration, said that the Civil Aviation Administration has "ready" for the flight exchange work.
Xu Qing pointed out that in terms of international routes to and from China, domestic and foreign airlines will arrange 840 passenger flights every week, which is equivalent to 420 round -trip flights.Arrangement of freight flights every week also increased by 6.7%year -on -year, reaching 6148.
In terms of domestic flights, it does not include Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and 54 Chinese domestic airlines will arrange 95,173 passenger shipping flights every week, an increase of 2.31 % year -on -year. Among themGrowing 2.41 %.
Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan routes will drop by 2.31%, and 32 airlines will arrange 2412 passenger shipping flights every week.
Many Chinese airlines have announced the restoration and increasing international flights since October.Bloomberg quoted on Thursday (20th) that Chinese officials are considering putting the current "seven plus and three" entry isolation measures, that is, the first seven days of centralized isolation, the next three days of home health monitoring and being reduced to "two plus five".
In July of this year, the three major airline giants in China, Southern China Airlines, China International Airlines and China Oriental Airlines, have announced the first large -scale passenger aircraft orders since signing the epidemic in the air passenger cars.At that time, public opinion believed that China was preparing for restarting domestic and regional aviation services.
The number of flights is still far lower than before the epidemic
Chinese officials further released signals to relax their entry restrictions after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Among the 15 attractions and support measures released by the National Development and Reform Commission and other departments on Tuesday, the China National Development and Reform Commission and other departments emphasized that they should "further clarify the standards and processes and go to China for foreign personnel to go to China in China"Provide convenience", the Civil Aviation Administration announced the next day that it was about to increase international flights.
Bloomberg quoted Xu Qing reported that the number of passengers in China's international routes in the third quarter increased significantly. In the third quarter, a total of 537,000 people completed a total of 73%over the second quarter.
However, data from flight information provider Variflight shows that international flights between China from October 1st and 16th reached only about 5%before the epidemic.
In 2019, the average weekly number of international flights in China reached 18,750.According to data released by the China Civil Aviation Administration in August last year, the number of Chinese international passenger flights fell to 230 times a week, about 2.15%in 2019.
Under the circumstances of flight supply, the price of international flight tickets to and from China has soared in the past two years. In the middle of this year, Singapore's one -way air ticket price was as high as S $ 14,500., But still higher than the level before the epidemic.
Online travel platform "Tongcheng Travel" data shows that as of October 24, the international routes of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan were not included in October 24, and the average ticket price decreased by 30 % month -on -month.
Fan Pingzheng, a assistant professor of strategic management of Singapore Management University, who studies aviation projects, said in an interview with Lianhe Zaobao that the increase in Chinese international flights can significantly reduce the ticket price to and from China.
Fan Pingzheng said that the process of opening the country in China is slow and cautious. When the number of international flights can return to the level before the epidemic, it has to look at the development of one year, and it must be compatible with the relaxation ofolation measures.
