Tianshan Network News (reporter Ma Yining reported) on February 10, the reporter learned from the Xinjiang Airport Group: In January, the Xinjiang Airport Group completed the passenger throughput of 2.1861 million passengers, completed the cargo and mail throughput of 17,700 tons, and guaranteed the take-off and landing of 22,200 aircraft, an increase of 13.9%, 11.0% and 2.7% respectively year-on-year, achieving a good start to the first month.
Among them, the three transport production indicators of Urumqi Diwopu International Airport increased by more than 20% year-on-year. The passenger throughput was 1.3832 million passengers, the cargo and mail throughput was 14,300 tons, and the number of aircraft take-offs and landings was 12,100, an increase of 24.5%, 20.9% and 21.7% respectively year-on-year.
The three transport production indicators of kashgar, Yutian, Narathi, Fuyun and Kanas in the regional airports in Xinjiang increased year-on-year.
At the beginning of the new year, the flow of people and goods across Xinjiang ushered in a small peak. Xinjiang Airport Group implemented the precise epidemic prevention requirements, while ensuring the safe and orderly flow of people and logistics, created a healthy and safe festival atmosphere, and at the same time successively added and restored a number of routes inside and outside Xinjiang to help the Spring Festival. In January, 28 airlines operated scheduled flights at Xinjiang Airport. It operates 237 regular routes, including 235 domestic passenger routes and 2 cargo routes. 63 cities outside Xinjiang and 18 cities inside Xinjiang are connected to Urumqi.
On January 6, a B737 cargo plane operated by Georgia Maway Airlines landed at Urumqi International Airport, marking the full recovery of Xinjiang's international cargo charter business and taking the first step in ensuring the stability and smoothness of major international logistics aviation channels by Xinjiang Airport Group in 2022. This year, Xinjiang Airport Group will promote the normal operation of international cargo charter business, give full play to the function of Urumqi international aviation hub, inject endogenous impetus into the development of the Linkong Economic Zone, and enhance the driving role of Urumqi's economic radiation.
The reporter learned from the Xinjiang Civil Aviation Administration that this year, Xinjiang will speed up the construction of the reconstruction and expansion project of Urumqi International Airport, put into operation three airports of Zhaosu, Aral, and Tashkurgan, and start construction of Zhuandong (Qitai), Balikun, and Bayinbrook airports in an all-round way. Orderly resumption of international aviation business, encryption of trunk lines, live branch lines, build express lines, with the goal of "dry branches, branches and branches, the whole network", and constantly meet the beautiful needs of people of all ethnic groups for air travel.
![At 9:27 a.m. on February 11 (today), a flight from Chengdu to Wuhan (flight number 3U8789) arrived over hehuaqiao village in Nanhe Township, Hanchuan City, Xiaogan City, Hubei Province[fig]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=)