Civil Aviation Administration of China

Sanya Phoenix hopes to capitalize on Hainan's third, fourth, fifth, and seventh air traffic rights.

The number of flights that each other's airlines can operate between the countries is to be doubled.

Chinese carrier Jiangxi Air hopes to begin international passenger and cargo routes from its base in Nanchang.

Chinese carriers have transported more than 1 million passengers in a day for the first time since late January as the country’s market continues to recover from the coronavirus crisis.

International flights remain limited: Each foreign airline can maintain only one route to China and operate only one flight a week on it.

Chinese airlines are this year on course to collectively carry more than 600 million passengers for the first time, research by Routesonline has found, as growth in the country’s domestic and international market continues to accelerate. The figure is a huge increase from the 440 million carried just five years ago.

China is set to relax its “one route, one airline” policy for Chinese airlines on international routes, allowing for greater competition between state-owned and private carriers.

Chinese regulators have relaxed price controls on domestic flights as part of further reforms to the world’s fastest-growing civil aviation market.