International flights suspended at Chaoshan

Chaoshan International Airport in Jieyang, Guangdong province, will suspend all international flights starting on Friday, as imported cases of coronavirus infection have become the major issue in controlling the COVID-19 pneumonia epidemic in the country.

Domestic flights at the airport have been resuming, however, as epidemic situation in the country improves.

The airport is handling more than 70 flights on more than 40 domestic routes and up to 7,000 passengers a day, according to a report in Jieyang Daily.

Flight volume at the airport has rebounded to about half its pre-epidemic level, and passenger throughput has reached about one-third of its pre-epidemic level.