CNA – People in China are resuming travel ahead of the Chinese New Year, despite worries about infections after Beijing dropped COVID-19 curbs last month, with air passenger volumes recovering to 63 per cent of 2019 levels since the annual travel season began.
The rapid business recovery is challenging airlines’ ability to ensure safety, and great attention to pandemic-related risks is needed, said head of the Civil Aviation Administration of China Song Zhiyong.
The industry needs to “fully understand the special nature, and complexity of the Spring Festival migration in 2023”, Song said in a statement on Friday.
More details on Sunday’s Borneo Bulletin
