Airlines to expand with Belt & Road

Increase in flights caters to exchanges among countries along trade route

Domestic and foreign airlines plan to open more than 100 new international routes linking China with regions along the Belt and Road Initiative in the coming aviation season, the country's top civil aviation watchdog announced on Friday.

"During the coming season, domestic airlines plan to open 70 new routes to facilitate transportation between China and cities along the Belt and Road Initiative, mostly in Russia, countries in Central, Southeastern and Southern Asia, as well as the southern Pacific Ocean region," said a release from the Civil Aviation Administration of China.