BEIJING: China’s air passenger numbers rose 37.7 percent year-on-year to nearly 180 million trips in the first quarter, marking the highest first-quarter passenger volume ever.
The number is 10.2 percent higher than in the first quarter of 2019, the year before the pandemic, state-owned CCTV said on Tuesday.
In March, the civil aviation industry completed a total of 54.73 million passenger trips, representing a 25.7 percent year-on-year growth and a 7.3 percent increase compared to the same period in 2019.
China’s most important holiday, Lunar New Year, typically falls in the first quarter. The celebration, which was in February this year, sees hundreds of millions of people return to their home towns for family reunions.
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