As the Spring Festival approaches, an airport in Taiyuan, capital of north China's Shanxi Province, has rolled out a series of measures to meet surging passenger demand during the travel rush period.
These new measures include launching new routes, resuming suspended flights, increasing frequency on key routes, expanding services to popular destinations, and deploying larger aircraft models.
The 40-day travel season this year began on Feb 2 and will last until March 13. Each year during the period, millions of people working, studying or living away from their hometowns return for the Spring Festival, China's most important traditional holiday, forming the world's largest annual human migration.
During the busy travel season, Taiyuan Wusu International Airport will add 18 new routes and resume 12 others, with plans to operate a total of 12,000 flights and handle 1.75 million passengers. It will significantly increase flights between Taiyuan and major hub cities such as Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Chengdu, and other key cities for returning travelers.
With passenger numbers rising during the travel rush, the airport will also identify first-time flyers and passengers in need of urgent assistance, providing them with special wristbands to offer priority services throughout check-in, baggage drop, security screening, and boarding.
"International and regional routes have become a new highlight of this year's Spring Festival travel season. The airport launched direct flights from Taiyuan to Bangkok, Phuket, Nha Trang, and Macao, significantly improving travel efficiency. Together with existing routes to Hong Kong, Singapore, and Kuala Lumpur, an air corridor covering Hong Kong, Macao and Southeast Asia has been established," said Hao Juwei, a staff member at the airport.
Taiyuan airport enhances transport capacity for Spring Festival travel rush
