The average number of passenger flights in Spring Festival travel rush on the first Sunday exceeded 10,000, and the overall fare showed a downward trend.

　　On January 16th, The Paper reporter learned from the third-party travel data APP "Fei Changzhun" that in the first week of Spring Festival travel rush from January 7th to 13th, the actual number of passenger flights on domestic routes rose for seven consecutive days, reaching more than 70,000 flights, and the daily average number of passenger flights exceeded 10,000 flights. Domestic passenger flights increased by 12% in the first week of Spring Festival travel rush in 2022 compared with that in 2021, and increased by 57% compared with that in 2021, and have recovered to the level of more than 80% in the same period before the epidemic.

　　It is worth noting that on the second day of Spring Festival travel rush (January 8), the number of domestic passenger flights broke 10,000 flights again after nearly five months; On the 7th day of Spring Festival travel rush (January 13th), the number of domestic passenger flights has risen to more than 11,000. On the 9th day of Spring Festival travel rush (January 15th), the number of domestic passenger flights exceeded 12,000.

　　In terms of international flights, in the first week of Spring Festival travel rush, there were more than 1,600 passenger flights on international and regional routes, an increase of 90% compared with 2022 and 15% compared with 2021.

　　The Paper reporter also learned from the civil aviation travel service platform "Hanglv Zongheng" that the actual number of flights on domestic routes in Spring Festival travel rush has exceeded 100,000 (from January 7 to January 15), an increase of nearly 21% over the same period in Spring Festival travel rush last year; Passenger traffic on domestic routes exceeded 10.3 million, an increase of nearly 36% over the same period of last year in Spring Festival travel rush.

　　According to the third-party travel data APP "flight steward" data, in the second week of 2023 (from January 9 to January 15), the number of outbound flights in all regions and provinces increased month-on-month, and Ningxia, Hunan and other places increased significantly. The average recovery rate of major cities reached 89.4%, and Chengdu, Changchun, Sanya and the three places have exceeded the level of the same period in 2019. Among the TOP20 urban routes, nine routes, namely Chengdu-Beijing, Shanghai-Chengdu, Guangzhou-Chengdu, Shenzhen-Chengdu, Guangzhou-Chongqing, Chongqing-Beijing, Beijing-Sanya, Changsha-Beijing and Chengdu-Hangzhou, have surpassed the same period in Spring Festival travel rush in 2019.

　　According to the previous big data of air travel, during the Spring Festival holiday (from January 21 to January 27), the number of planned flights of domestic airlines exceeded 6,000, an increase of nearly 228% compared with the actual number of flights in the same period last year.

　　According to the WeChat account of Shanghai Airport Group, since January 8, the relevant control measures for international passenger flights have been cancelled, and the international passenger flights at Shanghai Airport have gradually recovered. By the end of January, Pudong Airport is expected to be open to 41 international destinations in 30 countries, with about 30 daily international passenger flights, an increase of 20% compared with last December. During the period of Spring Festival travel rush, the number of domestic passenger flights from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan operating at Pudong Airport also increased significantly, with an average daily passenger flight of 30, an increase of 76% compared with last December. According to the forecast, in February and March, the international and regional passenger flights of Pudong Airport are expected to continue to increase by 23.3% on the basis of January.

　　Near the Spring Festival holiday, the overall air ticket price showed a downward trend.

　　According to the online travel platform "Where to Go" data, from December 26th last year to January 1st this year, the average payment price was 901 yuan. From January 2 to 8 this year, the average payment price was 874 yuan, and from January 9 to 15 this year, the average payment price was 829 yuan. Guo Lechun, vice president of Qunar Big Data Research Institute, said that as the departure date approaches and the flight seats are not sold out, the airline will lower the price in the hope of selling more tickets.

　　According to the data of flight steward, the average fare of economy class in Spring Festival travel rush on the 9th day (January 15th) was about 752 yuan, an increase of 21.3% compared with 2022 and a decrease of 7.6% compared with 2019.