Air Macao to double flights to Beijing next month

From May 18, Air Macao will double its daily flights to Beijing, said Li Hua, general manager of northern China with the airline company, on Tuesday.

Li said since the establishment of Air Macao, it played an active role in transporting passengers across the Taiwan Straits. Some 70 percent of passenger come from Taiwan. So far there are 72weekly flights between Macao and Taipei, as well as 28 flights between Macao and Gaoxiong.

The new added flights will provide more convenience for the mainland individual travelers to Macao, said Wen Qihua, deputy director of Macao Tourism Bureau.

Since the mainland implemented "individual traveler" policy instead of "group traveler" policy in 2003, over 5.6 million mainland residents visited Macao.

Established in 1994, Air Macao now fly to Beijing, Shanghai, Guilin, Haikou, Bangkok, Manila, Seoul and other cities. It has Asia's youngest aircraft fleet.