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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
URUMQI, July 5 (Xinhua) — A direct flight service was launched on Saturday between Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and Shymkent in Kazakhstan.
The first flight, which was operated by Kazakhstan's Scat Airlines, departed on the same day from Urumqi's Tianshan International Airport. Flights on the new route are operated twice a week – on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Upon arrival from Urumqi to Shymkent, one of the transport hubs in the southern part of Kazakhstan, passengers can travel to Cairo, Istanbul, Moscow and others on the planes of the above-mentioned air carrier.
According to the Tianshan Airport Administration, the opening of this air route will further promote exchanges between the two regions in trade, economy, tourism and culture. Meanwhile, the transfer service in Shymkent will make travel from Xinjiang to the Middle East and Europe more convenient, promoting the development of people-to-people exchanges and trade ties.
In the first half of this year, 27 civil aviation airports in Xinjiang served 579 routes, including 26 passenger routes to Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and overseas, including 21 cities in Central Asia, Eastern Europe, West Asia and Southeast Asia. Currently, air traffic connects Urumqi with 10 cities in five Central Asian countries. -0-
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