More air routes link places along Belt, Road

More new international air routes linking China with economies involved in the Belt and Road Initiative will be opened in the winter and spring aviation season, an official at the Civil Aviation Administration of China said on Monday.

Some 127 new international routes have opened during the 2017-18 season, which runs from Oct 29 to March 24.

Fourteen of the routes are for freight; 113 are for passengers. "The rapid increase of new international routes linking China with countries and regions involved in the initiative will continue in the new season," Yu Biao, deputy director of the administration's transport department, said at a news conference.