A border inspection officer offers help to a foreign traveler at Hangzhou International Airport. [Photo/Tide News]

China's civil aviation sector will implement its 2025 summer flight schedule on March 30. Zhejiang province's airports plan to operate 14,000 flights weekly, ranking fifth nationwide. The network will cover 476 destinations, including 69 international.

Hangzhou International Airport will handle 7,135 flights weekly, connecting to 164 destinations. New domestic routes include Karamay, while high-frequency routes to Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen will see daily flights of 39, 32, and 30, respectively.

International travel demand remains strong, prompting increased flights from Hangzhou to visa-free destinations such as Singapore, Bangkok, Kota Kinabalu, and Phuket. Additional flights will also serve Macao.

Ningbo and Wenzhou airports will expand capacity, maintaining at least 10 daily departures to major cities like Beijing, Guangzhou, and Chengdu.

Ningbo now offers a record-high five direct routes to Southeast Asia, including Ho Chi Minh City, Nha Trang, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, and Singapore. Wenzhou continues steady flight operations to Milan, Madrid, Rome, Seoul, Bangkok, and Singapore, as well as China's Hong Kong and Macao.

Smaller airports in Zhoushan, Quzhou, Taizhou, and Yiwu will also see modest increases in flight volume.