During the 2024 National Day holiday, China Southern Airlines Group will carry more than 22,700 flights and carry more than 3.71 million passengers, an increase of 16% compared with the 2023 National Day holiday, with an average of about 497,000 passengers per day. From the perspective of passenger flow, passenger travel is concentrated on October 1 and October 6. This year's National Day travel peak period is longer than in previous years, and the passenger flow continues to run at a high level from September 27 to October 9.
In terms of domestic routes, China Southern Airlines Group carried out more than 20,000 flights during the National Day holiday. Among them, the popular destinations are mainly Sichuan, Chongqing, Gansu, Xinjiang and other western provinces and cities. This year's domestic game "Black Myth: Wukong", which came out of the circle, has brought fire to Shanxi, the filming location, and the average passenger flow of China Southern Airlines' routes involving the Shanxi market increased by 12% year-on-year. On the whole, Guangzhou to Chongqing, Hangzhou, Jinan, Qingdao, Beijing Daxing to Xi'an, Xiamen, Dalian, Chongqing, Zhuhai, Shenzhen to Chengdu, Chongqing, Lanzhou, Hangzhou and other routes are popular routes, with a passenger load factor of more than 90%.
In terms of international and regional routes, China Southern Airlines Group carried out more than 2,680 flights during the National Day holiday, and the popularity of intercontinental long-haul routes was higher than that of intracontinental short-haul routes. Among the intercontinental long-haul routes, the average load factor of Europe, America and Australia routes such as Guangzhou-Sydney, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Rome and Budapest exceeds 90%. Among the short-haul routes, routes such as Japan and Southeast Asia continue to maintain high popularity, Beijing, Shanghai, Changchun, Wuhan, Zhengzhou to Tokyo, Guangzhou to Manado, Chiang Mai, Jakarta and other Southeast Asian routes are favored by passengers.
During the National Day, China Southern Airlines' first domestically produced large aircraft, the C919, participated in the Guangzhou-Shanghai Hongqiao and Guangzhou-Hangzhou routes, carrying more than 2,400 passengers and a load factor of nearly 85%.