Serving as a driving force for the integrated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province, the optimization of the airline network among the three regions is going to be launched at the end of March when the summer and autumn flight season arrives.

From March 29, the Civil Aviation Administration of China is going to further optimize the airlines and flights of Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA), according to the office of the integrated development of civil aviation in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei.

The number of international flights is going to be increased in order to promote the development of international air routes and enhance competency as a transportation junction. The lagging situation of waypoints in Southeast Asia is going to be improved. The advantages of European waypoints will also be further enhanced.

The lack of waypoints in the international airline network will be fixed, which will expand the covering area of the airline network. In addition, the market share of the transferring flights is going to be improved to optimize the international airlines and increase the weight of connecting transferring flights.

For now, a total of 10 airline companies plan to add international flights at Beijing Capital International Airport, with newly-launched international flights reaching 64 per week.

In addition, Tianjin Airport is going to launch 17 new air routes, including the Tianjin-Chongqing airline. Shijiazhuang Airport located in Shijiazhuang, capital city of Hebei province, is going to launch five new air routes, including the Shijiazhuang-Dalian route.

During the summer and autumn season, the total number of newly-operated international routes is going to reach 80 per week in Tianjin Airport and 28 per week in Shijiazhuang Airport.

Wang Ruiping, director of the office of the integrated development of civil aviation in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, said that from 2016 to 2019, the government is going to continuously disperse the increasing domestic routes and flights to Tianjin Airport and Shijiazhuang Airport through policy leading and market operation according to each airport's diversified functional position and airline network optimization blueprint.

A part of the domestic flights operated by Beijing Capital International Airport are going to be divided to Tianjin Airport and Shijiazhuang Airport.

Furthermore, Tianjin Airport will positively communicate with both domestic and international airline companies and take over the surplus airlines and flights of Beijing Capital International Airport, which helps to enhance the regional hub function and further improve the aviation logistics.

Moreover, aiming at becoming a regional hub, Shijiazhuang Airport is going to involve more international and domestic flights operated by low cost airline companies, regional flights, airmail flights and international freights.

In addition, taking over a part of regional flights, Nanyuan Airport located in the southern part of Beijing will actively enhance its potential and take more responsibilities before the completion of the new airport in Beijing.

The four airports located in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province are going to realize integrated development and achieve optimized benefits.