China will increase over 2,100 flights during the upcoming National Day holiday, with 500,000 more seats offered.

Some 2.6 million Chinese passengers will travel by air during the seven-day holiday from Oct. 1 to 7, up 12 percent compared with the previous year.

The added flights mainly focus in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Kunming and other tourism cities.

The first and last three days will be the peak season of the National Day holiday. The aviation industry has entered into high season, with 400,000 passengers transporting everyday and load factor is close to 75 percent.

(Xinhua News Agency September 30, 2005)