China's peak Lunar New Year air travel season fizzles as COVID cases rise

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Iphie Nie, a 30-year-old designer in Beijing who usually travels to visit family in her hometown of Shenzhen during the Lunar New Year has, like many Chinese, reluctantly decided against booking a flight for the mid-February holiday.

FILE PHOTO: Travellers wait at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport following the coronavirus disease outbreak in Wuhan, Hubei province, China January 2, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

Bookings had been down 57.3% from 2019 as of Jan. 1, with the situation deteriorating due to outbreaks leading to tighter restrictions. Many employees working for state-owned companies or government agencies have been told not to travel without management approval, state media reported.“I’ve already booked a ticket but I still haven’t made up my mind yet,” said Kathy Qi, a 29-year-old office worker in Beijing from Henan.

In China, domestic airline capacity had recovered to 2019 levels by the end of last year when there were almost no cases, though ticket prices remained low.

 

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I thought they were cured....no more of their covid through eating a bat....

So? Does this mean that unlike the US which saw the Thanksgiving Day and Christmas spikes in cases and deaths and the UK which is now experiencing the Christmas spike, we will not likely to see a Lunar New Year spike in China? How inconsiderate of these Chinese people!!!

Do you think this is what people really need right now?

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