Airlines start to fly summer, autumn plans, adding more international routes

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(Global Times) 09:42, March 31, 2025

China Southern Airlines said that it plans to implement more than 200 international and regional routes, with its hub network covering 47 countries and regions. The carrier said that it will actively extend services to cover the BRI partner countries.

And, Air China said that it will open new flight routes such as Beijing-Vladivostok, Beijing-Irkutsk, Beijing-Toronto and Beijing-Cairo, resume flights from Chengdu to Paris, and increase the frequency of flights on routes including those from Beijing to Stockholm, Copenhagen and Warsaw, as well as Shanghai-Hanoi, Chongqing-Tokyo and Chengdu-Tokyo routes.

Hainan Airlines plans to operate more than 130 international and regional routes, covering more than 30 countries and regions, and add new international routes, including Beijing-Edinburgh, Chongqing-Osaka/Bangkok, and Haikou-Osaka, and continue to accelerate the resumption and opening of international and regional flights, the company said.

In addition to enhancing connectivity between Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland, the Cathay Group said that it is expanding its global network to solidify Hong Kong's status as a leading international aviation hub in the world.

Cathay is adding 13 destinations to its flight network this year, including Hyderabad, Dallas, Urumqi, Rome, Munich, and Brussels for Cathay Pacific, and Sendai, Nha Trang, Ishigaki, Komatsu, Cheongju, Daegu, and Miyako (Shimojishima) for HK Express.

"We will promote an orderly increase of international passenger flights and consolidate the traditional international air transport market… and continuously expand networks among countries participating in the joint construction of the BRI," the CAAC said.

(Web editor: Tian Yi, Zhong Wenxing)