国内英语资讯:China Focus: Hainan Airlines to increase flights to ease Chinas island traffic jam
<p><span word="HAIKOU">HAIKOU</span>, <span word="Feb">Feb</span>. 23-- <span word="Hainan">Hainan</span> <span word="Airlines">Airlines</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="deploy">deploy</span> <span word="wide">wide</span>-<span word="body">body</span> <span word="aircrafts">aircrafts</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="increase">increase</span> <span word="flights">flights</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="ease">ease</span> <span word="traffic">traffic</span> <span word="jams">jams</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="ferries">ferries</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="south">south</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Hainan">Hainan</span> <span word="Province">Province</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="airline">airline</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="add">add</span> 88 <span word="flights">flights</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="nearly">nearly</span> 10,000 <span word="seats">seats</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Feb">Feb</span>. 23 <span word="to">to</span> <span word="March">March</span> 2 <span word="to">to</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="transport">transport</span> <span word="stranded">stranded</span> <span word="passengers">passengers</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="island">island</span>.</p><p><span word="Passengers">Passengers</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="heading">heading</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="spending">spending</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="Spring">Spring</span> <span word="Festival">Festival</span> <span word="holiday">holiday</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="island">island</span>. <span word="Hainan">Hainan</span>, <span word="known">known</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="tropical">tropical</span> <span word="climate">climate</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="clean">clean</span> <span word="air">air</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="popular">popular</span> <span word="destination">destination</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="tourists">tourists</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="winter">winter</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="government">government</span>, <span word="about">about</span> 90,000 <span word="vehicles">vehicles</span> <span word="containing">containing</span> <span word="over">over</span> 400,000 <span word="tourists">tourists</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="arrived">arrived</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="island">island</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Spring">Spring</span> <span word="Festival">Festival</span> <span word="holiday">holiday</span> <span word="lasting">lasting</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Feb">Feb</span>. 15 <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Feb">Feb</span>. 21.</p><p><span word="Shipping">Shipping</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Qiongzhou">Qiongzhou</span> <span word="Strait">Strait</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="cars">cars</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="leave">leave</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="island">island</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Guangdong">Guangdong</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="suspended">suspended</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="night">night</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="heavy">heavy</span> <span word="fog">fog</span>. <span word="Ferries">Ferries</span> <span word="resumed">resumed</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span> <span word="morning">morning</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="visibility">visibility</span> <span word="improved">improved</span>.</p><p><span word="More">More</span> <span word="than">than</span> 21,000 <span word="vehicles">vehicles</span> <span word="and">and</span> 102,000 <span word="passengers">passengers</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="shipped">shipped</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Guangdong">Guangdong</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="strait">strait</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Hainan">Hainan</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span> <span word="morning">morning</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span> <span word="morning">morning</span>.</p><p><span word="Although">Although</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="issued">issued</span> <span word="several">several</span> <span word="warnings">warnings</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="bad">bad</span> <span word="weather">weather</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="traffic">traffic</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="ports">ports</span>, <span word="queues">queues</span> <span word="continued">continued</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="vehicles">vehicles</span> <span word="tried">tried</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="cross">cross</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Guangdong">Guangdong</span> <span word="via">via</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="strait">strait</span>.</p><p><span word="As">As</span> <span word="of">of</span> 7:30 <span word="p">p</span>.<span word="m">m</span>. <span word="Friday">Friday</span>, <span word="over">over</span> 12,000 <span word="vehicles">vehicles</span> <span word="remained">remained</span> <span word="stuck">stuck</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="seemingly">seemingly</span> <span word="endless">endless</span> <span word="traffic">traffic</span> <span word="jam">jam</span>.</p><p>"<span word="I">I</span> <span word="prefer">prefer</span> <span word="waiting">waiting</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="line">line</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="wandering">wandering</span> <span word="around">around</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="soon">soon</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="possible">possible</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="passenger">passenger</span> <span word="surnamed">surnamed</span> <span word="Mo">Mo</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="southwest">southwest</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Sichuan">Sichuan</span> <span word="Province">Province</span>.</p>
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