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China's Lunar New Year travel period, known as Chunyun, is recognized as the world's largest annual migration of people. This year, up to 9 billion domestic trips are expected over a 40-day span. Although road travel predominates, air travel remains significant.
Airlines and airports will operate at full capacity during this period, which begins 15 days before the Lunar New Year and lasts for 40 days. On the first day of Chunyun this year, over 2 million individuals traveled by air out of more than 170 million travelers overall on that day.
The peak is anticipated as the Lunar New Year approaches, running from January 28th to February 4th. Authorities project around 90 million people will fly during this rush, mostly on domestic routes but with some international demand.
