In June, a number of domestic airlines announced the resumption of international passenger routes.
As of June 15, according to statistics from The Paper, Air China, Hainan Airlines and Capital Airlines have announced the resumption of five international routes in June, namely Chongqing-Rome, Shenzhen-Vancouver, Beijing-Brussels, Chengdu-Kathmandu and Xi'an. - Lisbon, covering North America, Europe and South Asia.
This is the first batch of international flights that have been "landed" and resumed since the National Standing Committee at the end of May mentioned "increase domestic and international passenger flights in an orderly manner and formulate measures to facilitate personnel exchanges between foreign companies".
According to the introduction of Hainan Airlines, Hainan Airlines plans to resume the Chongqing-Rome round-trip international route from June 23, with one round-trip per week.This is also the first intercontinental scheduled international passenger route to resume in Chongqing since the epidemic.
Previously, Hainan Airlines resumed the Shenzhen-Vancouver direct international route from June 9, and planned to perform a round-trip flight every week, and the schedule was every Thursday.In addition, starting from June 7, Hainan Airlines will resume passenger services for the return Brussels-Beijing segment (the first point of entry to Xi'an) on the Beijing-Brussels international route.The Beijing-Brussels international route operates twice a week on a regular basis. The outbound flight is on Mondays and Fridays, and the return flight is on Tuesdays and Saturdays. The first point of entry for the return flight is Xi'an.
The surging news reporter learned from Hainan Airlines that in the early stage of the resumption of the flight, the Shenzhen-Vancouver segment will carry passengers and cargo normally, and the Vancouver-Shenzhen segment will only carry cargo in the belly hold.
On June 15, Hainan Airlines Holding Co., Ltd. (ST HNA, 600221.SH) held the 2021 annual performance briefing in the form of online interaction.Xu Jun, director and president of HNA, said that in terms of international routes, under the epidemic, the number of international flights was less than 3% of that before the epidemic, and the relationship between supply and demand was seriously unbalanced.At present, international routes such as Beijing-Brussels and Xi'an-Toronto have resumed. At the same time, the company is steadily advancing preparations for the resumption of more international routes.
In terms of Air China, on June 12, Air China resumed its international passenger flight from Chengdu Shuangliu to Kathmandu, Nepal, with one round-trip flight every Sunday.This is the second international route out of Chengdu that Air China has resumed after Singapore under the normalization of epidemic prevention and control.
In terms of Capital Airlines, on June 11, the passenger flight between Xi'an and Lisbon will be resumed, and a round-trip flight will be performed every Saturday.
Not only the resumption of international flights, but also the circuit breaker rules for international flights have also been adjusted.
On June 15, the surging news reporter learned from insiders of several airlines that the date of counting the number of confirmed passengers in the international flight circuit breaker rules was adjusted from 7 days to 5 days after the flight landed.A number of airline insiders told reporters that the policy has been implemented since June 1, the day of entry, and the airline has now fully implemented the policy.
According to the "Notice of the Civil Aviation Administration on the Trial Implementation of the Adjustment of Circuit Breaker Measures for International Scheduled Passenger Flights" issued on April 28, 2021, after the airline chooses the operation measures to control the passenger load factor, if the same inbound flight triggers the circuit breaker condition again, the rapid circuit breaker will be implemented, namely: If the number of confirmed passengers reaches 5, the flight will be suspended for 2 weeks every other week; if the number of confirmed passengers reaches 10, the flight will be suspended for 4 weeks immediately.
The "Notice" shows that the number of confirmed passengers refers to the sum of the number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and the number of asymptomatic infected persons carrying inbound passengers on the flight announced by the national health department on the day the flight landed and within 7 consecutive days.
【Editor: Ge Cheng】
