Henan Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport

London flights from Zhengzhou and Wuhan are being added to China Southern Airlines’ network.

The Chinese carrier plans to start six new services over the coming weeks as international capacity from mainland China continues to creep higher.

The carrier is ramping up service to China and Japan.

Five months after agreeing to deepen ties with Finnair, Shanghai-based Juneyao Airlines is launching a second route to Finland’s capital city.

Chinese carrier Jiangxi Air hopes to begin international passenger and cargo routes from its base in Nanchang.

A new route between Guangzhou and Seoul via Zhengzhou is bolstering Henan province in its bid to become a key staging post on the aviation Silk Road.

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Emirates has confirmed it will introduce a four times weekly link between its Dubai International Airport hub and Yinchuan’s Hedong International Airport from May 3, 2016, with an additional onward leg to Zhengzhou’s Xinzheng International Airport. The flight will be operated by a 266-seat Boeing 777-200LR and will bring its offering mainland China to five points, adding to existing flights to Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai.

As part of a commercial cooperation agreement between Cargolux and HNCA, the freight carrier intends to develop a dual-hub strategy centered on Luxembourg’s Findel airport in Europe and on Zhengzhou’s Xinzheng International Airport in Asia.