CAAC approves 439 of 1875 new domestic services/additional services applications for 2016 summer

CAAC stated (15-Jun-2016) that of the combined 1875 domestic new route services and additional services for existing routes applications it received for the 2016 summer schedule, it approved just 439. China Southern Airlines had the most applications at 33 for 510 additional or new services, followed by Hainan Airlines with 28 for 420, China Eastern Airlines with 16 for 217 and Shanghai Airlines and Juneyao Airlines with 14 each, for 188 and 196, respectively. The most popular routes in terms of the number of sought after services were Guangzhou-Taiyuan and Haikou-Guangzhou, both with 56. [more - original PR - Chinese]