China's first private airline, Okay Airways, will begin resuming passenger services on Saturday after being suspended from operating for seven weeks.

Services on seven domestic routes would start from Jan. 24 to 31 and all flights scheduled for the winter and spring would begin on Feb. 1, the airline's main shareholder, Shanghai-based Junyao Group, said Friday.

Tickets and reservations were available through sales agents, said Junyao spokesman Wang Zhong.

The routes will link Tianjin to Harbin, Kunming, Sanya, Chengdu and other cities across China.

"We'll try our best to restore operations to normal," Wang said.

The company announced the plan after the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) approved its flight resumption application, just ahead of the Lunar New Year peak travel period.

The administration said in a statement on its website: "CAAC's north China bureau examined Okay's application and operation plan according to relative aviation service regulations, and Okay Airways has met conditions for resuming services."