Chinese embassies in many countries relax requirements for nucleic acid testing for returning countries, and lower prices for inbound and outbound air tickets 18%

Yesterday, the Chinese embassies in Singapore, Canada, the United States and other countries issued a notice saying that they have adjusted the policy of pre-departure testing for personnel going to China, requiring personnel on flights to China to undergo a nucleic acid test within 48 hours before boarding the plane. Can you apply for health with a negative certificate.

Prior to this, entry personnel need to provide 2 negative nucleic acid tests within 48 hours before boarding.

Implementation of "20" Precise Prevention and Control

In the ''Notice on Further Optimizing the Prevention and Control Measures of the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic, Scientific and Accurate Prevention and Control Work'' issued by the State Council's Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism on November 11, it was mentioned that the circuit breaker mechanism for inbound flights should be canceled and the two nucleic acid tests should be canceled within 48 hours before boarding the plane. The negative certificate was adjusted to one nucleic acid test negative certificate within 48 hours before boarding.

At the same time, a number of embassies, including Chinese in Canada and other countries, have also relaxed the requirements for nucleic acid testing for transit passengers in their notices, saying that from now on, transit passengers to China can choose one of the places of origin or transit for nucleic acid testing.

Prior to this, some traditional transit places such as Singapore, Tokyo, and Seoul could not provide transit nucleic acid testing, and could not be an optional channel for returning passengers during the epidemic.

All of the above measures have made it easier for travelers to return home. In the notice issued by the State Council's joint prevention and control mechanism on the 11th, not only the circuit breaker mechanism for inbound flights was canceled, but also the centralized isolation time for inbound personnel was shortened by two days, and 3 days of home monitoring was changed to 3 days of home isolation.

In this regard, Lin Zhijie, an insider in the civil aviation industry, pointed out to reporters that this series of measures show that our epidemic prevention measures are becoming more and more accurate. On the one hand, it is conducive to international business exchanges, and on the other hand, it is also useful for increasing the passenger volume of airlines on international routes. It has also played a positive role and helped reduce losses.

Air tickets for entry and exit have been reduced in price

It is worth noting that on November 11, the Civil Aviation Administration of China also released a speech by Song Zhiyong, director of civil aviation, at a meeting of the theoretical study center group of the Party group of the Civil Aviation Administration on its official website, mentioning the need to cooperate with the country's opening-up strategy, promote the recovery of the international air passenger transport market, enhance the capacity and competitiveness of international air cargo, and continue to enhance the international voice and influence of China's civil aviation.

Since the second half of the year, the number of international flights that have been strictly controlled in the past two years has indeed increased substantially. The number of international flights planned for the new season, which began on 1030, has more than doubled compared with the same period last year in the winter and spring seasons.

The reporter reviewed the data on the number of international passenger flights in the winter and spring season disclosed by the Civil Aviation Administration since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, with 592 flights per week in the winter and spring season of 2020/21 and 408 flights per week in the winter and spring season of 2021/22. It can be seen that in this winter and spring season, the number of international flights is much more than that of the past two winter and spring seasons in the epidemic.

With the continuous increase of international flights, the price of "sky-high" return tickets, which cost tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of yuan in the past two years, has also begun to reduce prices. The latest data from Air Travel shows that as of now, the average fare (excluding tax) paid on inbound routes in November has fallen below 10,000 yuan, about 8783 yuan, a decrease of about 18% from the same period last month.

Travel data show that from 11.1 to 11.10, the number of inbound and outbound passengers transported by the domestic aviation department exceeded 78000, about twice that of the same period last year. The top10 of the hot entry routes in November are Seoul-Shanghai, Taipei-Shanghai, Hong Kong-Shanghai, Tokyo-Shanghai, Hong Kong-Beijing, Singapore-Shanghai, Bangkok-Shanghai, Hong Kong-Chengdu, Frankfurt-Beijing, Tokyo-Dalian.