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China's civil aviation records 420 mln passenger trips in 2020

BEIJING, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- China's civil aviationsector handled 420 million passenger trips in 2020, which accounted for 63.3percent of that in 2019, indicating recovery from the COVID-19 pandemicfallout, according to the country's civil aviation regulator.

The recovery picked up in the fourth quarter as airpassengers in the last three months of 2020 stood at 84.2 percent of that inthe same period in 2019, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) saidTuesday, adding that it plans to increase the annual ratio to about 90 percentin 2021 amid the fight against COVID-19.

China's civil aviation sector remained the world'ssecond-largest in terms of passenger trips for the 15th consecutive year, theCAAC added.

The transport of cargo and mail hit 6.77 milliontonnes in 2020, or 89.8 percent of that in 2019. Enditem