Shanghai's two airports received some 13.76 million passenger trips and handled 89,000 flight landings and takeoffs during this year's Spring Festival travel rush that concluded on Monday, hitting a record high among the annual peak traveling periods, according to the Shanghai Airport Authority.
Over the 40-day rush period Shanghai Pudong International Airport and Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport received 67.7 percent more passenger trips year-on-year. And a total of 89,000 flights landed or took off during the same period, up 33.7 percent year-on-year.