China's planning to ramp up passenger flights to 2019 levels ahead of the Chinese New Year holidays, despite surging COVID-19 cases

Dec 19 2022 by Business Insider

 
China is planning to ramp up flight volumes next year.

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China plans to restore passenger flight volumes to 88% of the 2019 daily average by end-January, per Caixin. The country is shifting away from its COVID-zero stance and is rolling back restrictions.  But the number of cases and deaths have reportedly been surging — even though China reported 1,918 new local cases and two deaths on Sunday.

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