Direct Beijing-Toronto Connection Resumes

Hainan Airlines resumed direct flights between Beijing and Canada's Toronto on Sunday, as Chinese mainland and Canadian airlines start to intensively increase and resume direct flights between the two countries following Canada's removal of restrictions.

On Sunday, HU7975 departed from Beijing Capital International Airport at 2:20 pm and will arrive in Toronto at 2:10 pm local time, according to a press release Hainan Airlines sent to the Global Times. The airline plans to operate one round-trip flight on the route each week.

Air China, China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines will also expand and resume direct flights between China and Canada, China Central Television reported on Sunday.

Direct flights will connect four Chinese cities - Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen and Guangzhou in South China's Guangdong Province - with the Canadian cities of Toronto and Vancouver, according to the report.

Starting on Sunday, Air Canada began to operate seven weekly round-trip flights between Vancouver and Shanghai, it said.