Variable factors are boosting the overseas travelling market's boom, of which the large number of newly - opened international air routes are critical. "In the past year, a lot of tourists' spots overseas deregulated the visa policies for Chinese travelers. Simplified regulations, densified air routes and propaganda in China have offered huge drives for the market", said Dai Bin, Dean of China Tourism Academy. In the early half of the year, astonishingly, growth rate of outbound tours stays in 14%, which shows with higher income, Chinese people are more willing to travel, facilitating the strong growth in tourism market.

Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX), located in the south of Beijing is ready to open. The first commercial flight takes off on September 25, which is operated by China Southern Airlines who has been officially assigned for 40% slots of PKX. Although China Southern Airlines will leave the SkyTeam Alliance by the end of 2019, other 19 SkyTeam members will transit to the Daxing Airport and start operation on the same day. According to the regulation, the whole flight operations of China Southern Airlines will gradually transit to PKX in the future.

Beijing's new mega-airport opens to the public on Wednesday, welcoming its first passengers after five years of construction.

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Pulkovo St. Petersburg Airport and the RegStaer Group of Companies, the leading Russian travel retailer in the airports and the partner of Dufry, opened a walkthrough Duty Paid store in the domestic departures hall. The new store is open 24 hours a day.

Throwing a "happy funeral" is a tradition in China to commemorate a person who has lived to a ripe old age and died peacefully from natural causes.

A smart security check system was put into operation Thursday at the Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in South China's Guangdong province to speed up the security check process.

An auxiliary terminal to improve efficiency at Shanghai Pudong International Airport opened on Monday, bringing the city closer to becoming a global aviation hub, said officials from the airport authority.

Sunan Shuofang International Airport in Wuxi opened a new intercontinental cargo air service to Frankfurt-Hahn Airport in Germany on Sept 15, which will mainly transport electronics products and related accessories to the European Union.