BEIJING, July 2 (Xinhua) -- China Southern Airlines has launched a new air route linking Shenyang, capital of northeast China’s Liaoning province and Irkutsk in Russia.
The flight operates every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. It departs from Shenyang at 4:25 p.m. (Beijing Time) and lands in Irkutsk at 9:30 p.m. local time.
The 2018 World Cup led to a tourist boom in Russia, staff from the airline said, adding that as the summer holiday is approaching, the company will increase the frequency of flights between China and Russia.
(Edited by Yang Yifan, yangyifan@xinhua.org)
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