China to fully open domestic air routes
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The General Administration of Civil Aviation (CAAC) said on its website that airlines don’t need approval for new domestic flights and instead be required to only submit plans to do so, China Daily reported.
“It is possible that in the near future, flights to only five cities need approval. Our goal is that by 2010, all flights to airports in all cities do not need CAAC approval,” CAAC head Yang Yuanyuan was quoted saying in a press release.
“Airlines will just need to report to us for file purposes.”
According to China Daily, the CAAC controls all flights coming in and out of the mainland’s eight busiest airports – Beijing, Shanghai Hongqiao, Shanghai Pudong, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Kunming and Dalian airports. It also manages the flights to the top 15 airports with the largest passenger volume.
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