China Domestic Travel

Almost a quarter more domestic Chinese tourism trips have been made during this year's Lunar New Year holiday, while cross-border travel more than doubled in the first six days of the week-long break following the end of strict COVID-19 curbs.

India has emerged as the tenth worst-hit country by the novel coronavirus after four days of record spikes in the number of cases. The country logged 6,977 new patients in the last 24 hours, taking the total to nearly 1.38 lakh cases. The number of COVID-19 linked deaths has crossed the 4,000-mark after 154 patients died in a single day. The pandem...

A growing number of imported coronavirus cases in China risked fanning a second wave of infections when domestic transmissions had "basically been stopped", a senior health official said on Sunday, while eased travel curbs may also add to domestic risks.

Participants from six countries including China, North Korea and Hong Kong will not be taking part in the Shooting World Cup scheduled for March due to domestic travel restrictions due to the Coronavirus outbreak.

China is planning to upgrade a domestic airport to an international one in Ali prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) seeking to facilitate travel of foreign tourists, including Kailash Mansarovar Yatra pilgrims to the holy site, a senior Chinese official said Tuesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping this week, as the world's two most-populous countries seek to reduce tensions after a tense border dispute last year.

China's efforts to lift local consumption, spur domestic tourism and keep within its borders citizens that splurge in Milan or Seoul have spawned a duty-free paradise on the southern island of Hainan that it hopes will satisfy a lust for luxury.

China plans to build more than 500 airports by 2020 to create a market worth over USD 153 billion for its general aviation industry.

India clocked a healthy 16.3 per cent growth in domestic air passenger traffic in June, the highest among seven major international markets including the US and China as the airlines kept their fares low to stimulate demand coupled with improved economic climate during the period, a report by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said ...

A Chinese passenger on a domestic flight opened an emergency exit door to get a breath of fresh air when the plane prepared for takeoff in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province.

China will require more than 5,300 new aircraft in the coming two decades as demand for domestic air travel mounts, Airbus forecast today.

India's domestic air traffic saw a marginal decline in April compared to a year ago in face of a strong growth of almost 11 per cent in China during the same period, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

Domestic air traffic demand in India fell by over six per cent last November as the country's business fundamentals remained weak, though neighbouring China saw an impressive 7.7 per cent growth in the same period, global airlines body IATA said today.

India's domestic air travel market would be among the top five globally, experiencing the second highest growth rate in domestic passenger traffic after Kazakhstan but before China, IATA said today.

Global airlines' body IATA today termed Indian aviation market as "faltering" and said domestic passenger traffic in the country had slid by about 10 per cent compared to a year ago, the "worst" for any market.

Almost a quarter more domestic Chinese tourism trips have been made during this year's Lunar New Year holiday, while cross-border travel more than doubled in the first six days of the week-long break following the end of strict COVID-19 curbs.

India has emerged as the tenth worst-hit country by the novel coronavirus after four days of record spikes in the number of cases. The country logged 6,977 new patients in the last 24 hours, taking the total to nearly 1.38 lakh cases. The number of COVID-19 linked deaths has crossed the 4,000-mark after 154 patients died in a single day. The pandem...

A growing number of imported coronavirus cases in China risked fanning a second wave of infections when domestic transmissions had "basically been stopped", a senior health official said on Sunday, while eased travel curbs may also add to domestic risks.

Participants from six countries including China, North Korea and Hong Kong will not be taking part in the Shooting World Cup scheduled for March due to domestic travel restrictions due to the Coronavirus outbreak.

China is planning to upgrade a domestic airport to an international one in Ali prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) seeking to facilitate travel of foreign tourists, including Kailash Mansarovar Yatra pilgrims to the holy site, a senior Chinese official said Tuesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping this week, as the world's two most-populous countries seek to reduce tensions after a tense border dispute last year.

China's efforts to lift local consumption, spur domestic tourism and keep within its borders citizens that splurge in Milan or Seoul have spawned a duty-free paradise on the southern island of Hainan that it hopes will satisfy a lust for luxury.

China plans to build more than 500 airports by 2020 to create a market worth over USD 153 billion for its general aviation industry.

India clocked a healthy 16.3 per cent growth in domestic air passenger traffic in June, the highest among seven major international markets including the US and China as the airlines kept their fares low to stimulate demand coupled with improved economic climate during the period, a report by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said ...

A Chinese passenger on a domestic flight opened an emergency exit door to get a breath of fresh air when the plane prepared for takeoff in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province.

China will require more than 5,300 new aircraft in the coming two decades as demand for domestic air travel mounts, Airbus forecast today.

India's domestic air traffic saw a marginal decline in April compared to a year ago in face of a strong growth of almost 11 per cent in China during the same period, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

Domestic air traffic demand in India fell by over six per cent last November as the country's business fundamentals remained weak, though neighbouring China saw an impressive 7.7 per cent growth in the same period, global airlines body IATA said today.

India's domestic air travel market would be among the top five globally, experiencing the second highest growth rate in domestic passenger traffic after Kazakhstan but before China, IATA said today.

Global airlines' body IATA today termed Indian aviation market as "faltering" and said domestic passenger traffic in the country had slid by about 10 per cent compared to a year ago, the "worst" for any market.