Air traffic between Dubai and Chinese cities has witnessed significant growth during the recent period, following the opening of the Chinese markets and the abolition of all restrictions and precautionary measures adopted by the Chinese authorities since the beginning of the “Covid 19” pandemic in 2019. Dubai Civil Aviation Authority data showed that the number of weekly flights between Dubai and 8 Chinese destinations It increased from 14 flights per week last January to 54 flights per week last month, which indicates the size of the growth in the seat capacity of airlines operating between Dubai and China.
Steady rise
Majid Al Joker, Chief Operating Officer of Dubai Airports, said that the reopening of China’s borders was an important development that contributed to giving a major impetus to supporting the recovery stages within the travel and tourism sectors worldwide, as it is (the last piece in the recovery of the tourism sector) as described by the World Tourism Organization in earlier.
He added that China is one of the fastest growing tourism and aviation markets during the years before the pandemic, so this step constituted a good sign for the growth of passenger traffic in 2023 and beyond. And with the increase in the number of flights for airlines, we expect a steady rise in passenger traffic to and from China via Dubai International Airport during the coming months, specifically in the second quarter of this year.
Al-Joker confirmed that there are 5 airlines operating between Dubai Airport and Chinese destinations, including Emirates Airlines, as these companies operate about 54 weekly flights between Dubai International Airport (DXB) and 8 different destinations throughout China.
Strong request
For his part, Adnan Kazim, Chief Commercial Officer of Emirates Airlines, said that there is a strong demand to and from the Chinese market, as the company operates about 35 weekly flights to this market, with strong and full occupancy rates, indicating that the carrier is witnessing stronger summer bookings than the stage Before the pandemic, amid increasing growth in its operations, while continuing to operate the giant aircraft, increasing seat capacity, and adding more flights to existing destinations.
Dubai has emerged strongly among the first 10 global destinations that the Chinese plan to visit during their upcoming holidays, according to the destination index survey issued by the “YouGov” statistics and research company. According to the data of the Department of Economy and Tourism, the number of Chinese visitors that Dubai received increased from 19 thousand visitors in the first two months of 2022 to 52 thousand visitors in January and February of this year, a growth of 174%, and thus Dubai succeeded in a short time in recovering 24% of the number of visitors. Chinese tourists in the pre-pandemic period, which amounted to 209 thousand visitors during January and February 2019.
2023-05-07 22:05:49
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