A new direct air route is set to be launched later Tuesday between Haikou, capital of South China's Hainan province, and Myanmar's Rangoon.

More than 6.7 million passengers are expected to be transported via two major airports in southern China's island province of Hainan during the Spring Festival travel rush which starts on Friday.

Yantai Penglai International Airport opened its first direct flight to Tokyo on Jan 2. It is the city's fifth flight to Japan after lines to Osaka, Nagoya, Shizuoka, and Fukuoka.

Spring Airlines and Shanghai Open University on Monday announced that they will be launching an education and skills training program to help combat poverty in Honghe Hani and the Yi autonomous prefecture of Yunnan province.

The country's aviation sector will continue to seek improvement in airport on-time performance and boost efforts to provide higher quality services, according to China's civil aviation regulator on Monday.

The Guangdong branch of China Eastern Airlines Co Ltd announced on Jan 1 that regular international flights between Guangzhou and Yangon, Myanmar will be available from Jan 28.

Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region will continue to enhance its railroad, flight and highway network in 2020, according to the ongoing third session of the 11th People's Congress of the region.

Air China, the country's leading carrier, will add flights during the world's largest annual human migration -- the Spring Festival travel rush -- when the number of people flying is expected to surge by 8.4 percent year-on-year.

Three new direct air routes were opened on Monday linking northwestern Chinese city of Xi'an and Istanbul, Budapest and Nursultan respectively, according to Xi'an Xianyang International Airport.

Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport in East China's Zhejiang province handled more than 40 million passengers in 2019, the airport said Monday.