Domestic and foreign airline companies have increased their flight capacity for key international routes to meet the surging needs of travellers following the implementation of the visa-free policy by China early this month.
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00:00 (airplane engine roaring)
00:03 Airline companies have increased their flight capacity
00:05 to meet the surging needs of travelers
00:08 following the implementation of the visa-free policy
00:11 by China early this month.
00:13 The Civil Aviation Administration of China statistics
00:16 showed that 13,004 international flights
00:19 by 116 airline companies had been approved
00:23 and they will serve travels between 65 countries
00:26 during the winter and spring period.
00:29 This means the flight capacity has regained 70% of that
00:33 in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic.
00:37 Checks at major airports in China
00:38 showed that more Chinese and foreigners
00:40 are traveling abroad fueled by the visa-free policy.
00:44 (speaking in foreign language)
00:48 (speaking in foreign language)
00:52 (speaking in foreign language)
01:19 - We have right now 10 weekly flights to Beijing
01:23 and we have 48 to the whole of China
01:26 serving the biggest gateways,
01:28 Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong.
01:31 And going into next year, 2024,
01:34 we will definitely increase the flights further
01:37 and planning to bring that number from the upper 40s
01:41 to actually to the 60s,
01:43 so more than 60 flights every week.
01:45 - Under China's visa-free entry policy
01:48 effective from December 1st,
01:50 passport holders from Malaysia, France, Germany,
01:53 Italy, Spain and the Netherlands
01:55 will be able to enjoy visa-free travel to China
01:58 for up to 15 days.
02:00 - By traveling a lot of time in China.
02:03 (silence)
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