Commercial flights between Beijing and Wuhan, Hubei province, were set to resume after Beijing lowered its public health emergency status from the second-highest level to third level on Saturday.
China's civil aviation regulator on Thursday adjusted policies for international passenger flights, allowing more foreign carriers to resume flights to China on a once-a-week basis starting from June 8.
China plans to charter five flights this week to bring back about 900 Chinese citizens in countries hit hard by the novel coronavirus outbreak, according to the country's civil aviation regulator on Monday.
The newly-built Beijing Daxing International Airport has seen more flights move there from the Beijing Capital International Airport.
Hundreds of Chinese students studying overseas have returned to China taking State-organized chartered flights as the country stepped up efforts to bring more home amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.