*Japan and China have agreed on 20% increase of air transport capacities

Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of Japan (MLIT) Kazuo Kitagawa and Director of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) Yang Yuanyuan met in Beijing on July 13 to reach a final agreement on respectively 20% increase of air transport capacities between both countries. According to the agreement, each country will be able to serve another 92 passenger flights a week in the equivalence to B767-300 and another 76 cargo flights a week in the equivalence to B767-300F.

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