In February, the total turnover of Chinese airlines on international routes exceeded the level of the same period before the epidemic for the first time.

　　CCTV News:According to the official news of China Civil Aviation News, the reporter learned from the Civil Aviation Administration that in February, the recovery of Chinese airlines in the international aviation market accelerated, and the total turnover of international route transportation reached 3.46 billion tons kilometers, up 108.6% year-on-year, up 9.9% compared with the same period in 2019, exceeding the level of the same period before the epidemic for the first time, up 12.1 percentage points compared with January this year.

　　In terms of passenger transport, in February, a total of 4.892 million passengers were transported on international routes, recovering to 81.8% in the same period of 2019, and rising for three consecutive months. From the main markets, Chinese airlines are in China — The ASEAN route has the largest passenger traffic, with 1.94 million passengers completed, accounting for nearly 40%, returning to 77.5% in the same period of 2019; China — The passenger traffic on European routes was 692,000 passengers, an increase of 33.8% compared with the same period in 2019, with the highest degree of recovery; China — Passenger traffic on the North American route recovered to 19.4% in the same period of 2019; The passenger traffic between China and the countries along the "Belt and Road" was 3.2 million, accounting for 65.4%, recovering to 88.0% in the same period of 2019, which was 6.2 percentage points higher than the overall recovery level of international routes. From the perspective of major countries, Chinese airlines are in China — Thailand has the largest passenger transport scale, with 887,000 passengers completed, returning to 75% of the same period in 2019; China — Russia’s route has the highest degree of recovery, with 100,000 passengers completed, an increase of 89% over the same period in 2019. Since China tried out the unilateral visa-free policy for France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and Malaysia, and implemented the mutual visa-free policy with Singapore, the passenger traffic of relevant countries has been accelerated.

　　In terms of freight transportation, in February, the international routes completed a total of 216,000 tons of cargo and mail transportation, an increase of 65.9% over the same period in 2019, and the recovery level of cargo and mail transportation reached a new high. China has performed well to major freight markets, among which China — The European route has the largest freight volume, with 92,000 tons, accounting for 42.3%, an increase of 91.6% over the same period in 2019; China — The freight volume of the North American route was 46,000 tons, exceeding the level of the same period in 2019 for three consecutive months; China — The freight volume of the ASEAN route increased by 97.1% compared with the same period in 2019. The cargo and mail transportation volume between China and countries along the "Belt and Road" was 66,000 tons, accounting for more than 30%, an increase of 143.8% compared with the same period in 2019, which was significantly higher than the overall recovery level of international routes by 77.9 percentage points.