Beijing Daxing International Airport will add about 20 overseas routes as the summer schedule starts, to strengthen commercial and cultural ties between China and the rest of the world.
A Qatar Airways flight from Doha landed on 26 March marking the resumption of passenger service between the capitals of Qatar and China for the first time since the pandemic.
Air Macau also resumed flights from Beijing Daxing to Macao on Sunday, followed by a route from Beijing Daxing to Phnom Penh run by Cambodia Airways on Monday.
China Southern Airlines will open flights from Beijing Daxing to Moscow four times per week, and the frequency will be increased to daily from June 19. The carrier will restart the Beijing Daxing to Amsterdam and Gimpo routes. More routes are expected to cover Osaka and London.
According to data from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), a total of 169 domestic and foreign airlines will offer 117,222 passenger and cargo flights per week during the summer.
Since April 25, tourists arriving in the city of Doge are required to present an "entrance ticket" in the form of a QR code at the points of entry, which can be purchased online at a single price of 5 euros