Aviation Circle News The largest airport in Taiwan, China Taoyuan International Airport In 2020, the passenger throughput was 7.35 million, a decrease of about 41.34 million from 2019.
According to the United Daily News, the new crown pneumonia epidemic has not stopped for a year, and the British variant virus has brought another wave of impact. Countries and regions have once again adopted the blockade strategy to protect themselves. Taoyuan International Airport has lost blood. According to the passenger volume statistics of Taoyuan Airport, the total number of passengers in Taoyuan Airport in 2020 was only about 7.35 million, which is more than 40 million less than the 48.69 million that hit a new high in 2019. If the border blockade continues for a whole year this year, the number of passengers at Taoyuan Airport may be forced to give way to Taipei Songshan Airport, which is mainly flights on the island.
On the first day of the New Year's Day holiday in 2021, the forecast number of passengers entering, leaving and transit at Taoyuan Airport was 2888, less than 3,000. The average number of passengers per day during the New Year's Day holiday in 2020 exceeded 60,000.
According to statistics from the Taiwan immigration department, the total number of inbound people in Taiwan in 2020 was 7.9 million, which is about 50 million less than the total number of inbound people in 2019. Taoyuan Airport is the largest portal for entry and exit in Taiwan, which is the first to be affected. Statistics of passenger traffic at Taoyuan Airport show that in 2020, the number of people entering the country was 3.66 million, the number of people leaving the country was 3.64 million, the number of people transited was 52,000, and the total number of people 7.35 million. However, in 2019, the number of people entering the country was 24.18 million, the number of people leaving the country was 24.18 million, the number of people transited was 329,000, and the total number of people 48.69 million. Compared with 2019, Taoyuan Airport had a total of 41.34 million passengers.
Taoyuan Airport can still maintain the championship of Taiwan's airport in 2020 because the combined passenger volume in January and February 2020 exceeded 6 million. After the outbreak of the epidemic, after the border blockade measures were taken, Taoyuan Airport only had passenger volumes in August from April to the end of 2020. In comparison, Taipei Songshan Airport can still maintain a monthly passenger volume of more than 100,000 people since May. Songshan Airport surpassed Kaohsiung Xiaogang Airport in 2020, becoming the second largest airport in Taiwan's passenger volume.
In the global air passenger transport is in a terrible situation, the cargo at Taoyuan Airport is still at its peak. The total cargo volume in 2020 was 2.105 million tons, which is only more than 70,000 tons less than the 2.182 million tons in 2019, but the total flights in 2020 were 109,000, which is more than half less than the 266,000 in 2019. Taiwan’s China Airlines and EVA Air are currently maintaining it by air cargo.
Chairman Xie Shiqian, China Airlines, said that as the global aviation industry is facing the impact of the epidemic, China Airlines relied on its cargo team to sprint, making full use of the transportation capacity of 18 Boeing 747-400 all-cargo aircraft, and the number of cargo aircraft operation increased by 20% per week; and made good use of passenger aircraft belly cabin cargo, and even created cabin loading cargo services. The cumulative cargo operation revenue from January to November 2020 increased by 83% compared with the same period last year, becoming the main force supporting China Airlines.
