CCTV News: The reporter learned from the Civil Aviation Administration of China that the national civil aviation officially implemented the summer and autumn flight schedule. The new flight season will last until October 25, 2025, with a total of 210 days. In the new flight season, there are 209 domestic and foreign airlines planning to arrange 123,000 regular passenger and cargo flights per week. Overall, the total number of flights in this season has not increased significantly. The main changes in season change are reflected in the optimization and adjustment of flights to the actual needs of passengers.

This summer and autumn flights, a total of 49 airlines have arranged 97,604 regular passenger and cargo flights per week (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan), of which 95,207 passenger flights per week and 2,397 cargo flights per week.

The 22 Mainland and Hong Kong airlines have arranged 1,454 passenger and cargo flights per week between 44 routes in the Mainland and Hong Kong. The 11 Mainland and Macau airlines have planned to execute 668 passenger flights per week. The 20 Mainland and Taiwan airlines have estimated to reach 764 passenger and cargo flights per week between 17 routes in the Mainland and Taoyuan, Taiwan, and Taoyuan.

In addition, in terms of international routes, the Civil Aviation Administration has approved the plan of 22,946 regular passenger and cargo flights per week by 193 domestic and foreign airlines, an increase of 33% over the summer and autumn season of 2024, involving 78 overseas countries, including 58 countries on the "Belt and Road".

Encrypt the "small city" branch routes to meet domestic travel needs

The summer and autumn flight season includes summer transportation and multiple public holidays, and will continue to release more travel needs. Especially with the popularity of "small city" tourism in the past two years, more capacity will be invested on the branch routes this year's new flight season.

The new flight season has 38 airlines planned to arrange a total of 6,454 regular flights per week on the newly opened 640 domestic solo passenger routes. The newly opened solo flight routes are mainly concentrated in the main and branch routes and branch routes between the branch routes and hub airports in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Guizhou and other provinces and regions, and the main routes of the main routes and branch routes between the branch routes and hub airports such as Chongqing, Guiyang, and Changsha.

The reporter checked the flight plans of several airlines in the new flight season and found that many airlines have invested more capacity on regional routes this summer and autumn flights. Air China has newly opened Beijing-Altay, Chongqing-Kashgar, Wuhan-Lanzhou-Dunhuang, and has expanded Beijing-Urumqi, Dunhuang, Lhasa and other routes in total; China Southern Airlines will increase flights to Guangzhou to Kashgar, Yiwu and Xuzhou; Beijing Daxing to Dalian, Yiwu, Altay and other routes. As the focus of many airlines' flight increase, the new flight season has not only increased the routes from Fuzhou and Changsha to Urumqi; Altay's flights to 11 cities in Xinjiang, including Aksu and Korla, have also been increased, bringing more choices to travel enthusiasts to Xinjiang.