Shanghai launches first direct flight route to Algiers, Algeria

The relevance here is connectivity rather than crypto or RWA markets: a direct air link between Shanghai and Algiers is the kind of hard infrastructure that often precedes trade, tourism and capital flows between Belt and Road partners. For market observers, the signal is incremental — aviation links tend to build slowly and their economic payoff depends on cargo volumes and business travel demand that a single route launch cannot confirm. Whether the route sustains frequency and attracts freight traffic, rather than remaining a symbolic diplomatic gesture, is the open question worth tracking.