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The search volume of international flight tickets is surging in China after the country downgraded the management of COVID-19 from Jan 8, the news website chinanews.com reported on Tuesday.
China ends COVID flight suspensions on Friday, immediately triggering a spike in searches for international flights to their highest level in a year, reflecting massive pent up demand.
Since early June, the domestic air travel market has been recovering steadily and has seen a growing number of daily passenger flights, fueled by increasing travel demand, especially from students and business travelers.
After China shortened the COVID-19 quarantine period for inbound international travelers on Tuesday, the volume of international flights booked online quickly surged and airlines are bullish about growth prospects.
Beijing started a new round of mass testing in its most populous downtown district on Monday after a rapidly spreading outbreak linked to a bar saw Covid rules tightened again in the capital. China is the last major economy still committed to a...