Chinese and Cuban aviation department held talks in Beijing Thursday in a bid to further promote bilateral aviation communications as well as strengthen cooperation in technology, investment and personnel training.

China has already started preparatory work on forming aviation links with Cuba, said Yang Yuanyuan, director of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC).

China and Cuba signed aviation agreement last year. Airlines from both countries planned to open routes via a third destination.

Air China and China Eastern Airlines already signed aviation agreements with Cuban Airlines. And China Southern Airlines will follow suit next month.

China also signed a code-sharing memorandum of understanding with Portugal Wednesday. Even though aviation enterprises not run direct flights yet, they still can carry out cooperation by means of code-sharing, aviation officials said.

Source: Xinhua