Beijing (TDI): China’s ports are expected to experience a surge in inbound and outbound passenger flows during the 2025 Spring Festival holidays, with an average of 1.85 million daily cross-border passenger movements, up 9.5% from the holiday period last year, according to the National Immigration Administration (NIA) on Friday.
Inbound and outbound passenger flows at large international airports are likely to increase.
The daily average of cross-border passengers is expected to reach 42,000 at Beijing Capital International Airport (North China), 95,000 at Shanghai Pudong International Airport (East China), 48,000 at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (South China), and 19,000 at Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (Southwest China), according to NIA.
Peak Outbound Flow Expected January 28-30
The peak of outbound passenger flow is likely to be concentrated from January 28 to 30 (from Chinese New Year’s Eve to the second day of the first lunar month), while the peak of inbound passenger flow is anticipated to mainly concentrate from February 3 to 4 (from the 6th to the 7th day of the first lunar month).
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The eight-day Spring Festival holidays span from January 28 to February 4.
On Friday, an official from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism said at a media conference that the ministry will advise airlines to increase flight frequencies and offer benefits such as discounts on air tickets, snow equipment check-in, and shuttle vouchers to help accommodate the surge in travel demand during the Spring Festival holidays.
Airlines have ramped up flight frequencies during the forty-day chunyun period, or Spring Festival travel rush (starting January 14), the world’s largest annual human migration, to accommodate the increasing number of inbound, outbound, and cross-regional passengers.
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For instance, Air China plans to increase two hundred international flights during chunyun, among the total 3,400 flights newly added.
Meanwhile, airports also made efforts to boost their capacity.
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport on Thursday officially inaugurated a new runway to facilitate takeoffs and landings.
It becomes the first 4-runway airport in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
