Chinese aviation sector sees 11.8% growth in transported passengers during 5

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(Global Times) 10:35, May 07, 2025

Beijing Daxing International Airport handled a total of 4,824 flights during the period, averaging approximately 965 flights per day. The airport also recorded a total passenger throughput of 763,900, with a daily average of around 152,800 passenger trips. Compared to the same holiday period last year, flight numbers increased by 8.9 percent, while passenger traffic rose by 15.9 percent, setting a new record for the same period since the airport began operations.

Shanghai's two major airports also recorded historic highs in flights and passenger traffic, handling 12,000 take-offs and landings, a year-on-year increase of 6.2 percent, carrying 1.937 million inbound and outbound passengers, with an average daily passenger flow of 387,000, a year-on-year increase of 14.1 percent. They also handled 568,000 inbound and outbound passengers, with an average daily flow of 114,000, a year-on-year increase of 24 percent.

In an earlier forecast, the CAAC predicted that transported passengers during the May Day holiday would reach a record high. It is anticipated that both passenger numbers and flight volumes during the holidays will reach a peak since the second quarter. Popular destinations were concentrated in Japan, South Korea, and traditional tourism sites across Southeast Asia.

According to industry data shared with the Global Times by VariFlight, Japan was the most popular international destination during the holiday. The number of domestic passenger flights to and from Japan exceeded 2,000, a year-on-year increase of 53 percent. The number of domestic passenger flights to and from South Korea was 1,588, marking a year-on-year increase of 18 percent.

Another industry information provider Umetrip reported that the Seoul, Hong Kong and Osaka were the top three destinations for Chinese mainland travelers during the May Day holiday. The total number of passenger flights on inbound and outbound routes exceeded 11,000, an increase of about 12 percent over the same period last year.

(Web editor: Tian Yi, Zhong Wenxing)