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China gears up for Spring Festival travel rush

BEIJING -- China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Monday, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. From Jan 21 to March 1, total trips are expected to rise 0.6 percent compared with the travel rush last year, with an 8.3-percent increase in railway trips and 12-percent hike in air trips. To deal with the air traffic pressure, the Civil Aviation Administration of China has planned to expand domestic flights in 10 large airports including Shanghai Pudong International Airport, according to Dong Zhiyi, deputy head of the CAAC. At the same time, the aviation authority plans to schedule 532,000 flights during the travel rush, an...

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