The two major airports in Beijing will see the number of incoming and  outgoing flights up 11.6 percent during the three-day 2022 New Year  holiday compared with the same period a year ago.

An estimated  4,240 flights will arrive at or depart from the Beijing Capital  International Airport and the Beijing Daxing International Airport  during the holiday starting Saturday, according to the North China  Regional Administration of the Civil Aviation Administration of China  (CAAC).

The two airports saw a pre-holiday travel rush on Friday and are expecting return trips to peak on January 3.