After Singapore and China announced the implementation of mutual visa exemption for 30 days, searches and bookings for related flights and travel packages surged. All airlines said they are paying close attention to flight demand and plan to increase flight frequency and routes.
In response to Lianhe Zaobao’s inquiry, a Singapore Airlines spokesperson said that the Singapore Airlines Group currently operates 168 passenger routes to and from 23 cities in mainland China every week, of which Singapore Airlines operates 80 routes and seven cities; Scoot operates 88 routes. Routes, 17 cities.
Starting from March 31, Singapore Airlines will add one daily flight to and from Shanghai, and from May 1, it will also add one daily flight to and from Beijing. At this point, Singapore Airlines’ daily flights between Shanghai and Beijing will return to the pre-epidemic frequency of five flights per day and three flights per day.
A spokesman for Singapore Airlines said: “Mainland China is an important market for the Singapore Airlines Group. We will continue to pay attention to the demand for air travel in the Chinese market and work closely with relevant departments to adjust our route network and capacity in China.”
The number of flights has significantly exceeded that before the epidemic. China Eastern Airlines will launch an annual package
In order to cope with the surge in travel demand, China Eastern Airlines will increase flights from Shanghai to Singapore during the Spring Festival in February from eight to 10 round-trip flights per day.
Wu Qiwei, general manager of China Eastern Airlines’ Singapore Sales Department, said in an interview that China Eastern Airlines currently provides seven routes and eight destinations between Singapore and China. The number of round-trip flights per week has reached 106 and will increase to 128 during the peak period of the Spring Festival. .
The round-trip flights of China Eastern Airlines have greatly exceeded those before the epidemic. In January this year, China Eastern Airlines will fly 460 flights, an increase of 50% compared with the same period in 2019, and in February this year there will be 498 round-trip flights, an increase of about 80% compared with the 278 flights during the same period in 2019.
Wu Qiwei said: “China Eastern Airlines will continue to add China-Singapore routes to meet the needs of economic and trade exchanges and personnel exchanges between the two countries. For passengers who frequently travel between the two countries, China Eastern Airlines will soon launch a 2024 annual package, which will significantly reduce travel costs for passengers. “
When asked, Jetstar Asia stated that Jetstar has restored the route from Singapore to Haikou to the pre-epidemic five times per week, and launched four flights per week to and from Wuxi on December 28 last year. “Jetstar Asia is actively monitoring the growing demand for flights between Singapore and China and is considering increasing flight frequencies and exploring new direct routes to meet passenger demand,” the spokesperson said.
In response to Lianhe Zaobao’s inquiry, Changi Airport Group said that there are currently 13 airlines providing direct flights between local and 26 cities in mainland China, operating 357 flights per week. Among them, Shanghai has the most flights, with 11 flights every day. As of December last year, compared with 2019, the number of aircraft movements between New Zealand and China had recovered to more than 90%.
Bookings for Chinese New Year visits by Chinese tourists on Trip.com soared 14 times year-on-year
Data provided by Ctrip, a travel services and hotel booking website, show that within one hour of the announcement of the mutual visa exemption on Thursday (January 25), the number of searches for Singapore travel products on the website increased by more than 14 times compared with the previous day. At the same time, searches for Chinese travel products by users of its subsidiary Trip.com in Singapore have also increased by more than 13 times.
In response to Lianhe Zaobao’s inquiry, a Trip.com spokesperson said that the popularity of tourism between the two countries is mutual and will continue to grow. Since the beginning of this year, the number of local tourists booking for China has increased by 66% compared with the previous month. As of Thursday, bookings by Chinese tourists to travel to Singapore during the Spring Festival had increased more than 14 times compared with the same period last year.
Shi Yue (24 years old, student) is in a foreign relationship with her boyfriend who is studying in Singapore. After learning about the visa exemption, she planned to come to Singapore to celebrate the New Year with her boyfriend during the Spring Festival. She said: “Although the visa fee is not very expensive, it does take time to submit the documents. It will be much more convenient after the visa exemption. You can often go to Singapore to see him.”
Star-chasers look forward to watching international singers’ concerts
Wang Xia (29 years old, self-media), who will come to Singapore to watch a concert in March, said that many international singers will choose to hold consecutive concerts in Singapore. Singapore’s visa exemption is undoubtedly an additional place for her to chase stars.
Zhang Tianfeng (33 years old, engineer), who had just applied for a tourist visa for his family before the visa exemption was announced, said that his family arrived in Singapore before the Chinese New Year, so the visa application was not in vain. However, he is worried that not only will there be a large crowd in Singapore during the Chinese New Year, but also that prices in Singapore will rise further as tourists drive consumption.
pleaseBrowseOur official Facebook page for more new information
2024-01-26 15:18:00
#Demand #twoway #travel #Singapore #China #surges #airlines #plan #add #flights
