Overseas airlines such as Lufthansa and Air France have been allowed more flights to China from one flight initially set by the Chinese civil aviation regulator.
Lufthansa said on Friday that it will add a second weekly flight between Shanghai and Frankfurt starting July 27, up from its two current flights from Frankfurt to Nanjing and Shanghai.
Lufthansa restarted the Frankfurt-Shanghai route in June; then, from July 6, it resumed its second flight, between Frankfurt and Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province.
China has also approved a second flight for Air France from Paris to Shanghai starting next week, the French Embassy in China said on Thursday.
So far, major airlines from Germany, France and the US can fly more than once to China a week.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) in March announced it would restrict international flights to China to one per country to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Information provider VariFlight showed that from July 10 to July 16, Shanghai Pudong International Airport welcomed 40 inbound flights, including five domestic airlines and 10 from overseas, of which United Airlines and Delta Air Lines operated the most flights.
More airlines will be flying into Shanghai, such as Virgin Atlantic, which announced it will resume passenger flights starting July 20, and its first flight from London to Shanghai will start on August 4.
The CAAC said last month countries that have close economic ties with China and have an urgent need to send personnel to China for work have already established "green channels" for business travel to China, and high numbers of stranded Chinese nationals are now allowed on more flights to and from China.
Overseas airlines such as Lufthansa and Air France have been allowed more flights to China from one flight initially set by the Chinese civil aviation regulator.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) in March announced it would restrict international flights to China to one per country to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
