China’s civil air transport sees growth in first half

China’s civil aviation industry saw significant growth in the first half of this year, according to the Ministry of Transport.

In the first six months, the industry handled more than 245 million passenger trips, an increase of 66.4 percent from a year ago,

In June alone, about 41.3 million passenger trips were handled by air, showing an increase of 34.2 percent year on year.

The volume of mail and cargo transported by air reached 3.74 million tonnes in the January-June period, increasing 24.6 percent year on year.

According to a previous prediction from the Civil Aviation Administration of China, the country’s civil aviation regulator, passenger trips have been expected to make a recovery of around 90 percent of the pre-epidemic level in 2021.

The volume of air cargo and mail is also expected to make a recovery to the pre-coronavirus level, the administration said.