Source: CCTV Finance
Recently, the Civil Aviation Administration of China has once again adjusted the circuit breaking measures for international flights. Many domestic airlines have also resumed multiple international routes. What are the newly restored international routes? After the implementation of the new circuit breaker measures in
, Air China resumed international routes such as Shanghai-London, Beijing-Seoul, Beijing-Frankfurt, and Beijing-Tokyo. Eastern Airlines restores international routes such as Hangzhou- Manila , Hangzhou- Kuala Lumpur , and Qingdao -Osaka. China Southern Airlines has resumed international routes such as Guangzhou-London, Guangzhou- Dubai , Shenzhen-Moscow, Shenzhen-Dubai, Shenyang-Seoul, Urumqi- Dushanbe .
Deputy General Manager of Sales Department of China Southern Airlines Marketing Committee Li Xiang : As of August 17, China Southern Airlines international flights have resumed to 59 flights per week, and 28 countries for aviation have resumed to airlines. Currently, international flight passengers are mainly labor services and international students. The ticket sales are good.
Experts said that the optimization and adjustment of the new circuit breaker measures for international flights not only improve aircraft utilization, but also reduce passenger travel costs. According to data from a ticket booking platform, from August 1 to August 16, the number of international flights inbound and outbound air ticket bookings increased by 20% month-on-month on , and the average payment price of inbound and outbound air tickets decreased by more than 10% month-on-month.
In June 2020, since the Civil Aviation Administration implemented the circuit breaker policy for international passenger flights, the circuit breaker measures have been adjusted many times in accordance with changes in the global epidemic situation and prevention and control requirements. Starting from August 7, the circuit breaker measures for international regular passenger flights have been optimized and adjusted again, which also means that the flight circuit breaker mechanism has been further relaxed, which will play a positive role in the recovery of international flights.
is the circuit breaker threshold, which has been relaxed from 5 cases per shift to 4%. If you take the 787 passenger plane as an example, there are about 10 cases per shift. If you take the 777 passenger plane as an example, there are about 15 cases per shift.
The second is the circuit breaker cycle, which is shortened from two weeks and four weeks to one and two weeks. This adjustment will reduce the number of flight circuit breakers and help international flights recover.
Source: CCTV Finance