China Regains the Travel Bug as Air and Rail Trips Soar

What’s new: China’s airlines and railways both served a record number of passengers during the first quarter as domestic travel demand rebounded from the pandemic.

The country’s airlines carried a record 180 million people during the first three months, marking a 37.7% increase from a year ago and 10.2% higher than the figures before the Covid pandemic in 2019, according to data from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).