起运港:
目的港:
国际空运
国际海运
国际快递

Dual-Circulation Takes Off at China Eastern -澳洲双清包税

 NEWS     |      2021-04-08 14:26

For instance, Shandong Airlines has attracted more than 100,000 new customers to its unlimited passes. Without flights, airlines would be unable to generate any marginal revenues, and certain grounding and maintenance costs would make the financial situation acute, the carrier said.

China Eastern Airlines, a Shanghai-based State-owned carrier, said it aims to help strengthen domestic circulation in civil aviation and boost a dual-circulation development pattern in the industry.

"China has a great potential to expand domestic demand in city clusters and metropolitan areas, as a growing number of middle-income consumers will further stimulate demand by taking more flights. Besides, the urbanization rate is still low and development in different areas is uneven, and there exists untapped demand," she said.

State-owned firm sets tone for other airlines to survive and thrive amid the pandemic

"Better domestic circulation of flights serves as the foundation of both the dual circulation pattern and the growth of China's civil aviation market," said Shao Fengru, deputy director of the deepening reform office at China Eastern Airlines.

In line with the larger national strategy, the domestic aviation market will serve as the mainstay, and the domestic and international markets will promote each other.

Qi Qi, an associate professor at Guangzhou Civil Aviation College, said domestic carriers should actively respond to the country's dual-circulation strategy to achieve further growth and steer clear of risks.

With a sharp decline in the demand of international air travel market, the domestic market has excess capacity and oversupply of aircraft, especially wide-body planes that used to serve long-haul international flights. Domestic carriers should seek new demand to boost growth, industry experts observed.

"Domestic carriers should speed up the formation of a new development pattern in the air travel market, where the domestic major cycle serves as the main body, and airlines should further revitalize resources of small and medium-sized airports," Qi said.

As the contagion increasingly comes under better control in China, the country has been leading the global recovery in the air travel market, with the number of scheduled flights in the domestic market till mid-November reaching about 80 percent of the level recorded last year, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China.

Globally, Asia is still in recovery mode. Europe and North America, where confirmed infection cases are still rising, have been struggling with new travel restrictions. Overall, the overseas air travel market has recovered to only 40 percent to 50 percent of the pre-pandemic level, according to the International Air Transport Association.

On June 18, China Eastern became the first domestic carrier to launch its weekend-unlimited flight pass in China. Passengers with the pass, which costs 3,322 yuan (US$506), can take flights to a Chinese mainland city with no limited times on weekends before the end of this year. More than 100,000 such passes were sold.

The airline said with international flights operating at low capacity due to COVID-19-related travel restrictions, Chinese carriers should increase their capacities in the domestic market in the near term.

"For the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, it is one of the areas that has the biggest advantages to achieve better domestic circulation, as the area boasts certain advantages to introduce more innovative and digitalized products, launch more flights, and establish world-class civil aviation infrastructure," he said.

"The move has helped drive domestic economic circulation significantly. The deepening reform and innovative measures of State-owned enterprises have helped smooth circulation and stabilize growth," Shao said.

The airline's refreshed strategy is in response to the nation's newly proposed dual-circulation development pattern. The strategy says China will mainly rely on "internal circulation" or the domestic cycle of production, distribution, and consumption for its long-term development, and place equal emphasis on both the domestic and external markets as engines of economic growth.

Subsequently, several Chinese carriers, including China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Shandong Airlines, Xiamen Airlines and Spring Airlines, introduced various unlimited flight passes on domestic routes, and saw brisk sales of their travel products.

To build China into an aviation powerhouse, major domestic commercial airlines and cargo companies should further increase their competitiveness, innovation and ability to minimize risk, China Eastern said.

跨境铁路 国际物流国际物流

郑重声明:本文版权归原作者所有,转载文章仅为传播更多信息之目的,如作者信息标记有误,请第一时间联系我们修改或删除,多谢。

千航国际
国际空运
国际海运
国际快递
跨境铁路
多式联运
起始地 目的地 45+ 100 300 详情
深圳 迪拜 30 25 20 详情
广州 南非 26 22 16 详情
上海 巴西 37 28 23 详情
宁波 欧洲 37 27 23 详情
香港 南亚 30 27 25 详情

在线咨询-给我们留言