File Photo: As China eases COVID-19 restrictions, Lao Airlines plans to operate more flights to welcome Chinese tourists to the Southeast Asia country. Additional flights are expected to come into operation in February or March, Director Noudeng Chanthaphasouk said.

File Photo: Additional flights are expected to come into operation in February or March. Director of Lao Airlines’ Commercial Department Noudeng Chanthaphasouk as saying. “We have sent a request to China saying that we would like to operate daily flights to Kunming,” he said. /AFP/

File Photo: Lao Airlines currently operates three flights a week from Lao capital Vientiane to Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan Province. In its request, Lao Airlines suggested additional flights to Guangzhou, Shanghai, Chengdu, Changzhou and Hangzhou. /AFP/

File Photo: Two Laos hostesses greet in a traditional way after the induction of first Airbus A320 in the country’s tiny air fleet Lao Airlines in capital city Vientiane in 2003. AFP PHOTO/ Saeed KHAN / AFP