THE Three Gorges (Sanxia) Airport has received regulatory approval from several agencies for regular scheduled international flights, confirmed local sources yesterday.
The airport has invested about 100 million yuan (US$13.5 million) to upgrade its infrastructure. An international hall measuring 3,600 square meters and 3.58 kilometers of roads and runways have been completed. Regular flights to cities in South Korea and Japan, and Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan are planned to start in 2008.