Trip.com sees China overseas travel capacity back to normal by Q3
For outbound and inbound travel, there's a shortage in airline and airport capacity
China's largest OTA is working with airlines and airports to encourage recovery in China's cross-border travel capacity and hopes levels will return to normal by the third quarter.
Key takeaways
- Domestic travel for Chinese people traveling within China has already recovered to 2019 levels;
- Airlines are running only 11% of pre-pandemic international capacity to and from China in January, to rise to around 25% by April based on current data;
- Chinese travelers look for packages with clear safety measures and shorter booking windows.
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