Taoyuan International Airport Corp (TIAC) forecast a record-breaking single-day peak of 162,000 passengers on the first day of the Tomb Sweeping holiday today.
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport was crowded with departing travelers this morning, with long lines forming in the check-in hall.
Hourly passenger flow forecasts showed that today’s departure peak would be concentrated between 8am and 10am.
Photo: Chu Pei-hsiung, Taipei Times
Some passengers said they arrived at the airport three hours early to avoid potential delays caused by crowds on the first day of the four-day long weekend.
More than 920,000 travelers were expected from yesterday through Tuesday next week, TIAC said.
Average daily traffic was expected to reach about 155,000, up 12.1 percent from the same period last year, it said.
The Aviation Police Bureau said that it had adjusted staffing levels in response to the expected crowds.
An additional 46 substitute service conscripts and 100 more auxiliary security screening personnel were deployed, the bureau said.
Security screening equipment was also fully prepared, it added.
Meanwhile, a plan to launch smart law enforcement systems, which was originally scheduled for April 1, was postponed due to ongoing software testing, the bureau said.
The systems target vehicles lingering for more than three minutes at the Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 arrival pickup zones, it said, adding that the implementation date would be announced once confirmed.
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