The Chinese civil aviation sector records strong growth during 2024
BEIJING, 10 JANUARY / WAM / The Chinese civil aviation sector recorded strong growth during the year 2024, with the total volume of transport reaching 148.52 billion ton-kilometres, an increase of 25% compared to the previous year, while the number of passengers increased to 730 million people, an increase of 17.9%, and the volume of freight reached Air and postal: 8.98 million tons-kilometres, an increase of 22.1%.
The People’s Daily Online newspaper reported a significant growth in international flights to 6,400 flights per week, representing 84% of pre-Covid-19 pandemic levels. The volume of international air freight also increased by 29.3%, while the sector added 19 new destinations within the initiative countries. “Belt and Road”.
In the field of local aircraft manufacturing, the “C909” aircraft exceeded half a million safe flight hours, while the “C919” aircraft transported more than one million passengers.
In 2025, the Civil Aviation Administration of China aims to achieve a total transport volume of 161 billion tons, transport 780 million passengers, and 9.5 million tons-kilometres of air freight, while raising the recovery rate of international flights to more than 90% of pre-pandemic levels.
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