(Yicai) June 26 -- The Civil Aviation Administration of China and the China National Railway Group have signed an agreement to promote air-rail intermodal transport.

The deal, inked yesterday, proposes seven cooperation measures: top-level planning, air-rail intermodal transport infrastructure improvement, product innovation, service optimization, information expansion, demonstration project promotion, and cooperation in standards such as promoting the realization of “buy one ticket, travel with one pass” and providing passengers with convenient and comfortable air-rail intermodal transport services.

Some 24 Chinese airports and railway stations have achieved direct connection of facilities in “hard connectivity” since 2022. Regarding “soft connectivity,” Air China, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, and Spring Airlines have taken the lead in connecting with the railway ticketing information system, linking the airline app and railway ticket app 12306, allowing passengers to buy air-rail tickets on either one.

Editor: Martin Kadiev