Latest News of Tibet Airlines and Qinghai-Tibet Railway in 2021 Spring Festival

According to China Railway Qingzang Group Co., Ltd., this year’s Spring Festival Transport will last for 40 days from January 28 to March 8. It is expected to send 1.4 million passengers.

Police help the elderly with mobility difficulties to board the Qingha-Tibet train

According to the passenger flow demand during the Spring Festival this year, the Qingzang Group Corporation added temporary passenger trains between Xining and Golmud, and Xining and Lhasa, where passenger flows are concentrated, and added passenger trains in time in popular directions such as Golmud and Delingha to increase transportation capacity.

In order to fully protect the offline services for the elderly and passengers who do not how to use the internet, Qinghai-Tibet Group Corporation insists on manual ticket sales, manual service guidance and manual verification and ticket checking. All manual windows support cash payment. The 12306 system automatically identifies the elderly passengers over 60 years old and gives priority to lower berth to ensure the convenience of the elderly and other special key passengers.

It is reported that during the Spring Festival travel period, the Civil Aviation Administration of Tibet will work with airlines to jointly encrypt flights to Tibet, especially flights to and from Chengdu, Chongqing, Xi'an and Zhengzhou. It is estimated that 452 new inbound and outbound flights will be added, providing 54,240 seats. The ticket sales information collected from major ticketing websites shows that at present, low-discount passenger tickets are still on sale for flights departing from Lhasa before the holiday and flights arriving at Lhasa after the holiday, and flight fares at certain times are as low as 15%.