A record 790 flight movements are expected at the airport on Good Friday, 8% up on the current daily rate of 730.

From March 23 to April 5, 107 additional scheduled and ad-hoc charter flights, a total of 214 movements, will be run by 15 airlines to 10 destinations on the Mainland, 10 in Northeast Asia and eight in Southeast Asia.

Beijing is the most popular destination, followed by Seoul, Shanghai and Osaka.

To cope, runway capacity will rise from 50 to 52 movements per hour, and sufficient manpower will be deployed to ensure smooth air traffic operations.

The previous record of 746 movements in a single day occurred on February 9, Lunar New Year's Day.