China air pax down 47.5% in 40 day 2020 Spring Festival travel period

20 February, 2020

China's Ministry of Transportation reported (19-Feb-2020) the Chinese civil aviation sector handled 38.4 million passengers in the 2020 Spring Festival travel period, a decline of 47.5% year-on-year. Total passengers travelling via railway, road, waterway and air declined 50.3% to 1.48 billion. The 2020 Spring Festival travel period covers days between 10-Jan-2020 and 18-Feb-2020, including 15 days before and 25 days after Lunar New Year on 25-Jan-2020. [more - original PR - Chinese]