Winter, spring domestic air routes boosted

Civil aviation regulator says number of flights expected to increase 20%

More domestic air routes will operate during winter and spring as the COVID-19 pandemic sharply curtails the international market.

About 200 airlines from China and overseas have scheduled 94,809 passenger and freight flights every week, the Civil Aviation Administration of China said.

According to the plan, 86,735 domestic passenger and freight flights－excluding those servicing Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan－will operate every week, a year-on-year increase of 20.2 percent. Of those domestic flights, 84,634 will be passenger flights.