China was compelled to temporarily suspend entry into the country of foreign passport holders with valid visas or residence permits in order to deal with the spread of COVID-19, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said on Friday.

Civil Aviation authority has taken multiple measures to stabilize the international air cargo capacity during the novel coronavirus pandemic to guarantee the international supply chain of anti-epidemic materials,said a senior official with the Civil Aviation Administration on Sunday.

Centrally-administered State-owned enterprises have played a stellar role in preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus and controlling the COVID-19 epidemic, said China's top State assets regulator.

China's domestic passengers are starting to once again take to the skies.

On March 27th, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) issued a notice on resuming domestic flights for Hubei province, the original epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak.

Every foreign airline will be required to maintain only one air route to China and operate no more than one flight a week starting Sunday, the Civil Aviation Administration of China said in a circular on Thursday, in the latest move to cut international passenger flights and curb imported novel coronavirus infections.

At midnight on Jan 31, all China Southern Airlines crew members received a message asking for volunteers to form a special crew for a charter flight to the island of Phuket in Thailand to pick up Chinese citizens.

On Feb 20, a China Southern Airlines aircraft took off from Guangzhou, Guangdong provinces, carrying 95 medical workers and over 4 metric tons of medical equipment, to help in the fight against COVID-19 in the city of Jingzhou, Hubei province.

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Logistics companies in China are planning to expand their international cargo operations and charter flights for air cargo shipments to cope with the growing air traffic suspensions across the world due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.