China's suspension of international planes coming into the country with COVID-19-positive passengers has been shortened.
Starting on Sunday, there will be a shorter one-week suspension for inbound flights carrying five positive instances, or 4% of the total passenger count. The modification of the rules reflects Beijing's evolving views on COVID-19. Before this change, if a plane arrived with five contaminated passengers, all flights on that route by the responsible airline were halted for two weeks. Now, only aircraft with at least 8% of passengers testing positive will be prohibited for the whole two-week period.
Beijing's strict COVID-19 travel regulations have been relaxed. Early in 2020, direct international flights to and from Beijing were prohibited. On July 26th, less than 100 international flights arrived and departed from China, compared to 2,883 on the same day in 2019. Less than 100 international flights entered and left China on July 26 this year, compared to 2,883 on the same day in 2019, underscoring the significant impact that such travel restrictions and lockdowns have had on China.
The number of international passengers transported increased more than six-fold in June to a total of 9 million, pushing demand for the Asia-Pacific region to 28.3 percent of the same pre-pandemic month in 2019. About 2,000 to 3,000 domestic flights were operated daily in April, less than one-quarter of the number of flights seen in the same month last year.
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