Recovery in China domestic aviation sector

Travelling again: Passengers queueing at the Hong Kong International Airport. The number of domestic flights reached 126 million in the first quarter of this year. — Reuters

BEIJING: China’s domestic aviation passenger transportation scale has recovered to about 90% of the pre-epidemic level in the first quarter (1Q) of this year, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China as reported by The Paper on Tuesday.

The number of domestic flight trips reached 126 million in 1Q, up 66.6% year-on-year (y-o-y), the scale was about 88.6% of the same period in 2019.