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View all search resultsUnder the new travel rules, which will come into effect on Sunday, airlines are allowed to operate at almost full capacity without any seat distancing, compared to the 70 percent limit set in the previous regulation. They are only required to provide three empty rows during their flights as a "quarantine zone" for passengers who show COVID-19 symptoms.
China's aviation regulator said on Wednesday daily transported air passenger numbers rose 7.9% this month, as of April 21, from March, but was only at 29% of the level seen a year ago, in a sign of how the sector's recovery remains fragile.
International seat capacity has dropped by almost 80% from a year ago and half the world's airplanes are in storage, new data shows, suggesting the aviation industry may take years to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.