Civil Aviation Administration said China opened 78 new flight routes and increased total route distance by 10 thousand kilometers in 2017. The watchdog registered nearly 9.3 million domestic departures and landings in total, that's 10.4 percent more on year. Improved management has helped reduce safety incidents by half. The aviation authorities plan on applying more technology and innovation in lifting safety and optimizing operations in 2018. They will also call on some military airports to divert passenger flow from some busy civilian airports.