Airlines add intl flights, resume other routes

Air China, the national flag carrier, will launch or resume four international routes in the next few months to better serve the Belt and Road Initiative and promote opening-up, the company said on Tuesday.

The new routes are Beijing-Riyadh and Beijing-Dhaka, while two others, Beijing-Madrid-Sao Paulo and Beijing-Madrid-Havana, will resume.

Air China said capacity on international and regional routes during the summer and autumn season, which began on March 30, has returned to 84 percent of the level in 2019 — before the COVID-19 pandemic struck — with capacity on European routes exceeding 110 percent of the 2019 level.