During this year's May Day holiday, the Capital Airport is expected to transport 918,300 passengers and guarantee 5,837 flights, an increase of about 21% in passenger volume and a 10% increase in flight volume compared with 2023. Today (April 30) will usher in the peak of pre-holiday passenger flow. During the holiday season, routes to domestic and Asian tourist cities such as Chengdu, Shanghai, Sanya, Tokyo and Seoul will be the most popular.
The capital airport ushered in the peak of passenger flow before the holiday/photographed by reporters
During this year's "May Day" holiday, the popularity of cross-regional travel has increased, and the capital airport will usher in the peak of passenger flow, Cui Yali, assistant duty manager of the operation control center of the capital airport, said that during the festival, the capital airport is expected to guarantee a total of 918,300 inbound and outbound passengers, with a daily average of 183,700 passengers and 5,837 flights. Today ushered in the peak of passenger flow before the holiday, which is expected to protect 208,000 passengers and 1,203 flights. Recently, severe convective weather such as thunderstorms has occurred frequently across the country, prompting passengers to pay close attention to the weather conditions and dynamic information of the flights they take to and from their destinations.
Hainan Airlines has done a good job in passenger service in the check-in area/reporter shooting
During the holiday, the popular travel destinations of the capital airport are mainly concentrated in popular tourist cities, such as Chengdu, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Sanya and Guangzhou in China, and Tokyo, Seoul and Osaka in Asia. Chen Jie, director of the North China Regional Marketing Center of the Hainan Airlines Marketing Committee, said that the capacity of wide-body aircraft in hot markets will be increased, and the number of domestic wide-body aircraft flights can reach 150 flights per day. From April 29 to May 5, Hainan Airlines plans to carry out 780 flights per day, and the main hot routes in Beijing are Beijing to Sanya, Haikou, Xiamen, Hangzhou, Chongqing, Kunming and other tourist routes.
The airport public security department has stepped up patrol duty/reporter shooting
During the May Day holiday, the airport's passenger flow increased significantly compared with normal days. The public security department will increase the frequency of patrols and improve the level of emergency response and order maintenance. Lu Tao, captain of the crackdown team of the West Terminal District Police Station of the Capital Airport Public Security Bureau, said that in accordance with the new police operation mode of "professional + mechanism + big data", the comprehensive use of vehicle patrol, foot patrol, video patrol and other methods will strengthen police investment in key areas during key periods, so as to realize the sight of police cars, police lights, and police. We will continue to crack down on illegal activities such as "three excesses" baggage entering the cabin, making noise and illegally disrupting order.
Passengers check in through self-service machines/photographed by reporters
In the first quarter of this year, the passenger throughput and the number of guaranteed flights at the Capital Airport rebounded rapidly and improved in an all-round way, especially the recovery of international routes. Shi Mengmeng, head of aviation development at the Capital Airport's aviation business department, said that in the first quarter of this year, the passenger throughput of the capital airport has reached 16.38 million passengers, an increase of 61% year-on-year, and has recovered to 94% of the same period in 2019. Among them, the international and regional passenger throughput is 3.21 million, an increase of more than 400% year-on-year. The number of international destinations has reached 83, and flights from five cities, including Frankfurt, London, and Paris, can reach 2 or more flights per day.
According to the relevant regulations of the Civil Aviation Administration, lighters, matches and other fires, as well as flammable and explosive materials, are prohibited from being carried on board and checked in. When packing their luggage before departure, passengers can conduct self-inspection through the official mini program of "Beijing Capital International Airport" and the "Security Check Service" in the APP.
Reporter Huang He Editor Zhu Yanting Chief Editor Cheng Yan