Tibet to welcome more international, domestic flights   

西藏规划增开至港澳台及西亚南亚国际航线

中国民用航空局与西藏自治区人民政府7日在拉萨签署有关会谈纪要，提出将增开西藏至西亚、南亚等地区的国际航线，并打造除成都-拉萨航线之外的第二条进出藏空中走廊，确保西藏民航旅客年吞吐量在2015年达400万人次以上。

Lhasa (CNS) -- China will set up new international air routes connecting Tibet and West Asia, South Asia and other regions, according to an official source on June 7.

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) and the government of Tibet Autonomous Region held a meeting in Lhasa and determined to increase the region's aviation capacity to four million passengers by 2015.

CAAC and the local government will support domestic airlines to add routes connecting Tibet and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, in addition to international air routes.

Direct air routes between Tibet and India and Nepal are the priority for 2013 and 2014 expansion efforts, said local official Li Hancheng. At present, there is only one international air route between Lhasa and Kathmandu, Nepal.