London Gatwick today celebrated the planned return of Air China’s flights to Beijing. Following a short break over the winter – China’s flagship carrier is serving Gatwick four times a week direct from the country’s capital during the summer, when passenger demand is strongest.

Air China will start Beijing-Vienna-Barcelona service on May 5, 2014. The four-times weekly service CA841/2 will be operated with a widebody A330-300. Onboard, the Business Class is outfitted with full-flat seats.

Air Canada and Air China are expanding their long-standing commercial cooperation agreement enhancing the carriers’ interline and codeshare services offered via their respective hubs.

Air China, the exclusive national flag carrier for the People’s Republic of China, begins its four weekly nonstop services between Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) in Beijing, China and George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas today.

Officials at the European Commission have ten Chinese and Indian airlines are facing the prospect of exclusion from airports in the European Union for refusing to comply with rules aimed at regulating greenhouse emissions. The airlines include Air China and Air India, with both carriers among those accused of not providing emissions data.

Air China will increase its Beijing-Moscow service CA909/10 by two flights a week to daily starting March 31. The outbound flight departs from Beijing at 13:45 local time, while the return flight departs from Moscow at 19:45 local time. The total flight time is 8 hours and 10 minutes. The flights will be operated with the newly revamped B777-200.