Beijing Daxing Airport resumes international flight operations

Beijing Daxing International Airport in China has restarted operating outbound overseas flight services after a pause of around three years due to Covid-19 pandemic restrictions. The resumption of international services comes after the Chinese Government decided to ease Covid-19 curbs by downgrading it from Class A to Class B, and lifting of all quarantine measures for overseas passengers coming to China from 8 January, Global Times reported. Beijing Daxing International Airport Customs deputy director Zhao Zhao was quoted by the publication as saying: “After receiving the flight resumption plan, we continued to improve the customs operation process from the aspects of aircraft scheduling, passenger and baggage flow to make a full preparation.” The first flight to take off was China Southern Airlines, which was bound for Hong Kong with 101 passengers onboard, the publication stated. In March 2020, all flights bound for Beijing Daxing Airport were re-routed to Beijing Capital International Airport due to the pandemic.<br/>