Civil Aviation Administration of China: Power banks without 3C certification or recalled models banned on domestic flights
To ensure the safety of aviation operations, the Civil Aviation Administration of China has issued an urgent notice. Starting June 28, passengers are prohibited from carrying power banks that lack a 3C certification label, have unclear 3C labeling, or belong to recalled models or batches on domestic flights. (For details, please visit the official website of the State Administration for Market Regulation's Defective Product Recall Technical Center at www.samrdprc.org.cn/xfpzh/xfpgnzh)
Pudong Airport and Hongqiao Airport will enforce the requirements of this notice to ensure passenger safety. We kindly ask all passengers to comply with this notice by carefully checking the certification label, brand, and model of your power banks before traveling. Please do not bring non-compliant power banks on board. Remove your power bank before security checks to prevent travel delays.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
From March 30 to Oct 25, Shanghai's two airports will implement the 2025 summer-autumn flight schedule, with an average of 2,478 daily flights in operation — 1,694 at Pudong Airport and 784 at Hongqiao Airport.
The average number of daily domestic passenger flights is planned at 1,662, including 924 at Pudong Airport and 738 at Hongqiao Airport, remaining steady year-on-year. Meanwhile, the average number of daily international, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan passenger flights is planned at 588, including 543 at Pudong Airport and 45 at Hongqiao Airport, reflecting a 4-percent increase year-on-year.
During this period, Shanghai's airports aim to serve 259 passenger destinations worldwide, including 162 domestic, 97 international and regional destinations, of which 40 are intercontinental.
For domestic routes, both Pudong and Hongqiao airports will increase flights to 15 destinations, including Wuhan, Fuzhou, Xiamen, and Chengdu.
For international routes, Pudong Airport will operate one or more daily flights to 24 intercontinental destinations, including Los Angeles, Dallas, Seattle, San Francisco, and Detroit in the United States; Frankfurt in Germany; Paris in France; London in the United Kingdom; and Rome and Milan in Italy.
Additionally, new flights will be introduced from Pudong to Geneva in Switzerland, Shymkent in Kazakhstan, and Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia. Flight frequencies to Los Angeles in the United States, London Gatwick Airport in the United Kingdom, and Cairo in Egypt will also be increased.