Recently, it said that after the United States opened up the entry of foreign students, Chinese students queued up to check in at Shanghai Pudong Airport to go to the United States. Some flights were waiting for check-in and seeing off the line for kilometers long.
The personal experience report from another see-off person even mentioned that the line began to wait for check-in at around 9 in the morning, and the boarding pass was not received until around 1 in the afternoon.
Mid-to-late August is the peak season to start school in the United States. Since August 1st, the United States has also lifted restrictions on foreign students going to the United States. Students holding F/M visas will no longer be affected by the "entry to the United States ban" and can go directly to the United States from China without transiting to a third country.
The number of overseas travelers at Pudong airport has increased, because the Lukou International Airport in neighboring Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, has been temporarily shut down due to the recent COVID-19 outbreak.
Cathay Pacific said demand has been soaring recently for flights to the United States via Hong Kong.
Expanding demand and the limited number of flights have led to steep price increases. The price for an economy-class ticket for a transfer flight to the US via Hong Kong, for instance, has increased to more than 30,000 yuan from about 5,000 yuan several months ago.
The cost of a business class ticket has soared to as high as 100,000 yuan.
