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China's civil aviation sector has increased fixed asset investment in the first five months of this year, an official with the industry's regulator said on Friday.
Beijing airports prepare for surge in holiday flights Xinhua | Updated: 2021-04-02 17:23 Share CLOSE An Air China plane takes off from Beijing Daxing International Airport on Sept 25, 2019. [Photo by Zou Hong/chinadaily.com.cn]
BEIJING North China s aviation regulator on Friday said that Beijing Capital International Airport and Beijing Daxing International Airport are expected to see a surge in flights during the upcoming Tomb-sweeping Day holiday.
The two major airports in the Chinese capital are set to handle 5,835 flights during the three-day holiday from April 3 to 5, up 337 percent from last year s Tomb-sweeping Day holiday, said the CAAC North China Regional Administration.
By ZHANG YUNBI | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-12-17 11:15 Share CLOSE An Air China plane takes off from Beijing Daxing International Airport on Sept 25, 2019. [Photo by Zou Hong/chinadaily.com.cn]
China, in addition to its regular commercial international flights, has arranged 351 chartered flights in total to bring home more than 73,000 citizens from 92 countries, a Chinese diplomat said on Thursday.
Cui Aimin, director-general of the Foreign Ministry s Department of Consular Affairs, made the revelation when briefing reporters about this year s consular protection and services done in the context of looming COVID-19 pandemic.
Among the 73,000 compatriots brought home, there were minor students studying overseas and those who were forced to leave school in the summer, people who were sick and pregnant and those having gone abroad to visit relatives or traveling before the epidemic, as well as employees of busine