Flight bookings in China have grown 20 per cent year on year ahead of the annual Ching Ming Festival holiday that starts this weekend and follows public school breaks in much of the country – despite higher airfares on account of rising fuel prices.
Holiday bookings had reached 2.04 million flight tickets as of Thursday, state broadcaster CCTV said, citing figures from data provider TravelSky Technology. CCTV’s Sunday report said cross-border holiday flight bookings inbound and outbound stood at 600,000, up 12 per cent year on year.
Spring breaks for public junior and secondary schools in many parts of China will add April 1 to 3 to the April 4 to 6 public holiday, the broadcaster said, adding that the number of intended air passengers from March 31 to April 1 had risen 1.6 times compared with the previous two days.
