China, Portugal hold aviation talks

China and Portugal held a bilateral air negotiation on January 15-16 in Lisbon. The Chinese delegation was led by Vice Director Liu Fang of the International Cooperation Department of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), and the Portugese delegation was led by Chairman Luis Fonseca de Almeida of the National Institute of Civil Aviation. The two parties discussed developing the aviation market between the two countries. China and Portugal first signed an air transport agreement in 1999, but there is no direct flight between the two countries. Portugal TAP Airlines had operated the Lisbon-Macao route, but stopped.