4-Mar-2016 11:44 AM
CAAC: China's air pax up 8% during 2016 Lunar New Year holiday
CAAC reported (03-Mar-2016) China's air travel passengers increased 8% year-on-year to 53.1 million during the 40-day Lunar New Year travel period between 24-Jan-2016 and 03-Mar-2016. The number of flights increased 7.7% to 430,000. The number of daily passengers reached a peak of 1.46 million. Airlines operated 38,000 additional flights and offered more than 67 million total seats during the peak travel period. [more - original PR - Chinese]