Beijing Capital Airlines and Hainan Airlines have each scheduled new European routes as China begins to gradually ease its tough COVID-19 restrictions on international travel.
International capacity from mainland China remains about 95% down on 2019 levels but the country’s civil aviation administration is making moves to revive more overseas flights.
According to data provided by OAG Schedules Analyser, Beijing Capital plans to launch a new route to Lisbon (LIS) in Portugal from Hangzhou (HGH), a city in China’s Zhejiang province with a population of around 10 million.
The LCC intends to begin flights between the destinations on Aug. 26, operating once a week using Airbus A330-200 aircraft. Flights will take place on Fridays.
Beijing Capital already serves Lisbon from Xi’an Xianyang (XIY)—currently its only service to Europe—but pre-pandemic the carrier offered flights to Madrid (MAD), London Heathrow (LHR) and Moscow Sheremetyevo (SVO).
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