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beijing business daily (reporter guan zichen niu qingyan) on september 9, according to the capital airport, the passenger throughput of the capital airport's international and regional routes this year exceeded 10 million on september 8, an increase of about 130% year-on-year. data from the capital airport showed that from january to august this year, the capital airport had a total of 280,000 flights and transported 44.85 million passengers, an increase of 18% and 34% year-on-year respectively.

the peak summer tourist season has led to a rapid increase in flights and passenger traffic at the capital airport. this summer, the capital airport has secured 76,000 flights and transported 12.15 million passengers, with a peak day passenger volume of nearly 230,000. in august alone, the capital airport's passenger volume reached 6.23 million, an average of 200,000 per day, a year-on-year increase of 19%. among them, international and regional passenger volume reached 1.46 million, a year-on-year increase of 55%. august passenger volume and international and regional passenger volume both hit a four-year high.

during the summer travel season, in the domestic aviation market, the number of passengers from beijing capital airport to popular cities such as shanghai, chengdu, urumqi, xi'an, and xiamen increased significantly, up more than 10% year-on-year. in the international and regional aviation market, east asia and western europe became the growth highlights, with passenger volume increasing by 78% and 42% year-on-year respectively. passenger volume from countries such as japan, south korea, thailand, singapore, and the united kingdom increased significantly.

during the summer, the capital airport has opened new international destinations such as dhaka, tijuana, mexico city, and added more international popular destinations such as moscow, athens, budapest, barcelona, ​​and stockholm. as of the end of august, the route network of the capital airport has reached 217 destinations in 54 countries, including 127 domestic destinations and 90 international and regional destinations. at present, there are more than 20 round-trip flights from the capital airport to european cities such as frankfurt, paris, london, and munich every week, and more than 50 round-trip flights to asian cities such as seoul, tokyo, singapore, and bangkok every week. in addition, the capital airport has flights to 34 countries that are jointly building the "belt and road".