THE official ticket website of China Railway Corp., www.12306.cn, and its app will start selling tickets for the Spring Festival Transport Season that will start Jan. 13.

    The 40-day transport season will include a 15-day preholiday period and railway operators estimate that the peak for traveling is expected to arrive Jan. 22, about a week before the start of the holiday.

    According to present rules, ticket buyers can book tickets online 30 days in advance and the rush to book holiday tickets is expected to occur between Dec. 22 and 29.

    Meanwhile, China Southern Airlines has started selling Spring Festival holiday tickets.

    During the transport season, the airline company will add 7,300 flights including 700 international flights and 6,600 domestic flights.

    Destinations in Southeast Asian countries and Taiwan from southern Chinese cities including Shenzhen and Guangzhou are hot during the Spring Festival travel season, the company said.

    (Han Ximin)