CHINA CAAC SAYS CHINESE AIR TRAVEL IS INCREASING TO ‘BELT AND ROAD’ COUNTRIES
May 1st, 2017
THE CIVIL Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has claimed that its government’s policy of forging transport links with countries in central Asia, south and south-east Asia, Africa and Europe (the so-called ‘belt and road’ plan) is promoting air travel between China and these states. The CAAC has released data indicating that in the first four months of this year (2017), air passenger traffic to 43 ‘belt and road’ countries commanded 47.1% of China's international passenger volume, up from 39.8% in 2015. The CAAC added that around 4,200 direct ...
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