CAAC approves more than 100 international routes in 3Q2016

CAAC announced (08-Oct-2016) it approved more than 100 international routes in 3Q2016, including 65 routes to be operated by 114 Chinese airlines and 48 to be operated by 28 foreign airlines. Details include:

• Chinese airlines:
• • China Express Airlines: Vietnam;
  • Beijing Capital Airlines: Beijing-Qingdao-Sydney, Hangzhou-Saipan, Beijing-Helsinki, Hangzhou-Beijing-Lisbon, Hangzhou-Chengdu-Madrid;
  • Uni-Top Airlines: Thailand, Wuhan-Mumbai-Delhi-Wuhan-Chennai-Wuhan freighter;
  • Tibet Airlines: Chengdu-Lhasa-Kathmandu, Chengdu-Kathmandu, Sanya-Chengdu-Sochi;
  • China Eastern Airlines: Shanghai Pudong-Kunming-Abu Dhabi, Kunming-Nanjing-Vancouver, Shanghai-Ningbo-Prague, Chengdu-Cebu, Chengdu-Manila, Chengdu-Hangzhou-Shizuoka, Nanjing-Okinawa Naha, Kunming-Sydney;
  • China Southern Airlines: Guangzhou-Urumqi-Vienna, Guangzhou-Vancouver-Mexico City, Guangzhou-Adelaide, Shenzhen-Jakarta, Lanzhou-Urumqi-Moscow, Harbin-Irkutsk, Beijing-Urumqi-Tbilisi;
  • Sichuan Airlines: Chengdu-Dubai, Guangzhou-Kalibo, Cambodia, Chengdu-Auckland, Chengdu-Zhengzhou-Vancouver;
  • Lucky Air: Kunming-Nanchang-Jeju, Kunming-Moscow, Kunming-Nanning-Jakarta, Kunming-Nanning-Denpasar, Nanjing-Shizuoka, Nanjing-Osaka;
  • Spring Airlines: Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia, Shenyang-Jeju-Shijiazhuang-Urumqi, Shanghai-Irkutsk;
  • China Cargo Airlines: Shanghai-Xian-Amsterdam-Xian-Shanghai freighter;
  • Tianjin Airlines: Cambodia, Tianjin-Chongqing-Auckland;
  • Air China: Chengdu-Urumqi-Rome, Beijing-Warsaw, Lanzhou-Chengdu-Paris;
  • Shenzhen Airlines: Xian-Nantong-Osaka Kansai, Xian-Nantong-Nagoya;
  • Hainan Airlines: Beijing-Tijuana-Mexico City, Beijing-Cairo;
• Foreign airlines:
• • UTair Aviation: Moscow-Sanya;
  • MEGA Maldives Airlines: Male-Chengdu/Zhengzhou;
  • Scoot: Singapore-Qingdao-Dalian, Singapore-Shenyang;
  • Sriwijaya Air: Bali-Fuzhou, Bali-Quanzhou/Chongqing, Denpasar-Nanchang;
  • NokScoot: Bangkok-Dalian;
  • Angara Airlines: Irkutsk-Harbin;
  • Eastar Jet: Jeju-Quanzhou;
  • Vietnam Airlines: Nha Trang-Nanning;
  • Thai Lion: Bangkok-Changsha/Changzhou, Bangkok-Xian, Phuket-Shijiazhuang;
  • Malaysia Airlines: Sabah-Nanning;
  • Aviastar-Tu: Novosibirsk-Tianjin/Zhengzhou, Yekaterinburg-Tianjin/Zhnegzhou;
  • Lion Air: Denpasar-Nanchang/Xian, Denpasar-Chengdu/Shenzhen;
  • Malindo Air: Kuala Lumpur-Haikou/Guiyang, Kuala Lumpur-Chengdu;
  • Rossiya Airlines: St Petersburg-Beijing;
  • Cardig Air: Denpasar-Ho Chi Minh-Shenzhen freighter;
  • Jetstar Pacific: Ho Chi Min-Guangzhou, Hanoi-Guangzhou/Guiyang;
  • Air Incheon: Seoul-Weihai;
  • Regent Airways: Dhaka-Guangzhou;
  • Bangkok Airways: Ko Samui-Guangzhou;
  • R Airlines: Ko Samui-Tianjin;
  • NewGen Airways: Krabi-Shenzhen;
  • AirBridgeCargo Airlines: Moscow-Shenzhen-Shanghai-Moscow;
  • Cambodia Angkor Air: Siem Reap-Beijing/Shenzhen;
  • Nordwind Airlines: Omsk-Beijing;
  • Air Seychelles: Victoria-Beijing, with A330-200 aircraft wetleased from Etihad;
  • JEJU air: Seoul-Sanya;
  • Qantas: Sydney-Beijing;
  • SilkAir: Singapore-Fuzhou. [more - original PR - Chinese]