China sees 3.71m air trips during Dragon Boat Festival

China has seen about 3.71 million air trips during the past Dragon Boat Festival, Yicai reported on Tuesday.

The number of passenger trips increased 38.43 percent on a yearly basis, down 23.03 percent from the same period in 2019.

The total number of flights operated by civil aviation operators was 41,966, up nearly 27.5 percent from 2020 and down 19.72 percent from 2019.

This year's average daily flight volume during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday decreased by nearly 18.4 percent compared to the May Day holiday, due to the outbreak of coronavirus cases in Guangzhou.

Guangzhou's Baiyun airport saw 710 inbound and outbound flights during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, a sharp drop of 80.61 percent from 2019.

The passenger flow of the Guangzhou airport is expected to rebound in the coming week as the current outbreak in Guangzhou may be cleared by June 20, according to industry insiders.

The demand for the aviation market in Guangzhou is projected by industry insiders to recover to the level before May 21 in early July.

With nearly 43.77 million passengers through 2020, Guangzhou's Baiyun airport came to top the list of the world's busiest hubs, according to the Airports Council International.