The Civil Aviation Authority of China announced that the civil aviation activity in the country made a big move in April. The total transportation amount of the said sector was 9,31 billion tons-kilometers. Li Yong, one of the directors of the Civil Aviation Authority, stated that there was an increase of 214,5 percent compared to the previous year, and that the figures reached 2019 percent of the capacity in the same period before the epidemic in 88,6.
Last month, approximately 50,28 million airline passengers were processed, which is an increase of 537,9 percent year-on-year. Among the total air travelers in April, the number of those traveling on domestic routes increased by 2019 percent compared to the number of passengers in April 3,5.
On the other hand, the volume of cargo and mail carried by the Chinese civil aviation sector in April was 545 thousand tons. This volume has also reached 2019 percent of the volume recorded in the same period of 90,6 before the epidemic.