China Eastern Airlines will use Beijing's upcoming new airport as an opportunity to expand its international network, especially to destinations in economies participating in the Belt and Road Initiative, a top company official said.

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, will boost its services from Abu Dhabi to London Heathrow during the busy summer period. The additional flights will be operated by a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, supplementing the current three daily all-Airbus A380 services between both capital cities.

China Southern Airlines (China Southern) is expected to open a Beijing-London direct air route starting from a new airport in Beijing, according to the airline Sunday.

In late April, Air China and China Eastern Airlines both won approval to launch new flights between Shanghai and London, breaking a longtime unwritten rule that only one Chinese carrier can operate a major intercontinental flight between a particular Chinese city and the United States or Europe.

A regular air route will be launched on June 25 between Zhengzhou, capital of Central China's Henan province and London, according to Henan Airport Group on Friday.

Chongqing municipal government signed an agreement with Ethiopian Airlines Group on Saturday to launch three regular freight routes, which will be China's longest regular freight routes, on the sidelines of the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.

Established in 1933, Turkish Airlines has grown from a small company with five aircraft to one of the best and largest airlines around the globe, with a fleet of 338 planes flying to 306 destinations in 124 countries and regions.

Aeroflot-Russian Airlines will launch more direct flights between China and Russia as a result of increasing passengers traveling between the two countries.

SAS will operate a Boeing 737 on the route on Saturdays from January to March. The winter period is seen as a particularly attractive time to visit Northern Norway, so SAS has reached agreements with numerous companies in the tourism sector to attract tourists to the "Paris of the North", Tromsø.

Emirates, the world's largest international airline, and Africa World Airlines (AWA), the Ghanaian airline headquartered in Accra, have announced a one-way interline agreement whereby Emirates opens up new African destinations for Emirates customers from May 2019. The UAE is located at the intersection of the Belt and Road Initiative. This agreement will help build more efficient and convenient air routes for China, as it looks to connect with the world through the Belt and Road Initiative.