Hong Kong, July 4 -- China is forecasting northern summer 2025 will be a record for air passenger traffic as fierce competition among airlines drives down average ticket prices. Read More Airlines will have the capacity to fly 150 million passengers in July and August, a 7% increase from a year ago and an all-time high for the summer season, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said. Daily passenger volume could peak at 2.6 million, surpassing the 2.48 million air travellers carried in the Lunar Year holiday of last February. For the two months to August 31, the average price of an economy class ticket is CNY839 (US$117), an annual drop of 1.3% and 3.1% lower than in the same weeks in 2019, data provider Flight Master said. Som...