During the Spring Festival, Taoji transported nearly one million passengers.

(Provided by Taoyuan Airport Corporation)

[Reporter Ding Yi/Taipei Report] The Spring Festival is approaching. The Taoyuan International Airport Company estimates that this year’s Spring Festival entry and exit peak will fall on January 28 (the seventh day), two days before the holiday, with about 94,000 passengers. It broke through 90,000 for the first time since February 2020.

It is estimated that nearly one million people will use Taoyuan Airport during the Spring Festival. Taoji has established a response team and will dispatch resources according to passenger dynamics.

Lin Guoxian, director of the Civil Aviation Administration, said that on the 14th, there were more than 72,000 passengers entering and exiting Taoyuan Airport, and it is estimated that more than 988,000 passengers will use Taoyuan Airport from the 19th to the 30th. Therefore, it is estimated that the total traffic volume of peach machines this month will reach 2 million.

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Lin Guoxian pointed out that during the transportation period, it is estimated that the total transportation volume will be 60,000 to 90,000 people, of which the seventh and eighth day are the peaks, with more than 90,000 people on both days, 94,000 and 92,000 respectively. Yu people.

The airport company stated that it will set up a contingency team during the Lunar New Year period, and continue to conduct manpower and resource scheduling based on the passenger number forecast information and the real-time flight status.

The airport company stated that since the country was unsealed on October 13 last year, the demand for international business and tourism has continued to increase.

In 2022, the passenger volume will be 5.34 million, an increase of 488% compared with 2021, which is about 11% of that in 2019 before the epidemic; in 2023, the estimated annual passenger volume will reach 15 million to 20 million passengers.

Regarding the space planning of Taoji's third terminal, Fan Xiaolun, general manager of Taoyuan International Airport, said that at present, the consideration is based on the needs of passengers, and the convenience of connecting flights will be considered as a consideration.

Because the terminal is new and a lot of money has been invested, the charging standard will be different from the first and second terminals.

Wang Guocai said that Evergreen, China Airlines, and Xingyu all have the willingness to enter the third terminal. In the future, the transfer opportunity from North America to Southeast Asia may be arranged in the third terminal. The overall planning will take the development of the entire Taoji into consideration.

A few days ago, China proposed to my country that cross-strait destinations could be added. He Shuping, Secretary of Aviation Administration, said that there are currently 4 airports and 5 destinations on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Shanghai has Pudong and Hongqiao airports. Hongqiao is currently closed due to the epidemic, but the current carrying capacity is sufficient to meet demand. , whether to add waypoints will cooperate with the overall policy.

Lin Guoxian explained that there are currently 210 flights a week, but currently only 64 flights are in operation. Because there are only more than 12,000 passengers, the load rate is about 50-80%. If there is demand, more flights can be opened.

Wang Guocai pointed out that the current mini-three links are still limited to Jinma folks and Lu Pei. After the Spring Festival project is over, a comprehensive review will be carried out, and then follow-up processing will be carried out in cooperation with the MAC.