China expects passenger traffic during Lunar New Year to double from 2022

BEIJING (Reuters) - China expects the total number of passenger trips made by travellers by road, rail, water and flight during the upcoming Lunar New Year to reach 2.1 billion this year, double from last year's 1.05 billion during the same period.

Traffic officials said in a news briefing on Friday that daily passenger flights scheduled during the 40 days holiday transportation season, starting Saturday, is averaging about 11,000, about 73% of the pre-COVID-19 level in 2019.

(Reporting by Sophie Yu, Brenda Goh; Editing by Christopher Cushing)