China's air travel rises 12.5 percent during Spring Festival
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China reported a total of 39.82 million air passenger trips during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush that ended Friday, data from the civil aviation authority showed.
The figure went up 12.5 percent and 3.8 percent from the same period in 2021 and 2020, respectively, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
During the travel peak, the punctuality rate of Chinese airlines came in at 95.94 percent, up 2.26 percentage points from the 2021 level.
Chinese airlines operated 464,000 flights during the period, jumping 30.3 percent from the travel peak a year ago.
The Spring Festival peak-travel period in 2022 spanned from Jan. 17 to Feb. 25. During the travel season, also known as Chunyun, many Chinese people travel to reunite with their families for the Chinese Lunar New Year, celebrated on Feb. 1 this year.
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