The picture shows Hohhot Airport. Courtesy of the airport
Hohhot, January 4 (Reporter Li Aiping) Hohhot Airport said on the 4th that the airport will guarantee a total of 83,000 transport take-offs and landings in 2021, with a passenger throughput of 9.006 million passengers and a cargo and mail throughput of 45,000 tons, which has better expanded the scope of the "circle of friends".
According to reports, in 2021, Hohhot Airport operates a total of 200 routes, a total of 43 airlines participate in the operation, 89 general aviation cities, 73 direct flight cities, 9 new direct flight points, the construction of a two-hour flight circle centered on Hohhot, the average daily number of more than 3 flights to reach 16, and the realization of all provincial capital cities except Lhasa .
Officials said that although it has faced the impact of many outbreaks of the epidemic inside and outside the region throughout the year, the airport's accessibility has been steadily improved, effectively expanding the scope of the "circle of friends", especially in this year's winter season, the Hohhot-Guangzhou route and the Hohhot-Haikou route for the first time to achieve wide-body aircraft operation in the winter season, meeting the passenger and freight needs of Hohhot to the Pearl River Delta region and Hainan region.
It is worth mentioning that in the past year, the airport has further improved the utilization efficiency of the early departure and late departure, and hohhot to Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Wuhan, Harbin, Xi'an, Lanzhou, Xining, Korla, Kunming, Sanya and other key cities have achieved early departure and late return.
With the continuous improvement of aviation accessibility of Hohhot Airport, more and more transit passengers choose to transit through Hohhot, and the "Via Hohhot" transit brand has been further recognized by the majority of transit passengers. The annual transit passenger throughput reached 1.137 million passengers, and the proportion of transit passengers reached 12.6%. The proportion of transit passengers ranks among the top major airports in China. (End)