China and Spain signed on Friday a memorandum of understanding on bilateral aviation transportation, lifting the restrictions on the number of carriers to each nation and increasing the capacity and number of destinations by 10 times.

The MOU also permits further business cooperation including the code-sharing of airlines of both countries.

The direct flight between China and Spain was launched by Spain 's Air Europa Monday, the first after the two countries signed bilateral aviation agreement in 1978.

China Eastern began offering a flight from Shanghai to Madrid in 1992 and suspended it in 2003.

Source: Xinhua