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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, June 9 (Xinhua) — Russian airline NordStar will launch a direct flight linking Moscow and Datong in northern China’s Shanxi Province on July 6 this year, becoming the second tourist air route between the Russian capital and China’s Shanxi Province.
As the newspaper “Shanxi Wanbao” /“Evening Shanxi”/ writes, in April of this year a charter flight Taiyuan-Moscow was opened.
Flights Y7535/Y7536 on the new route will operate once a week.
The airliner will leave Moscow on Saturday at 18:45 Moscow time and arrive in Datong at 08:50 the next day Beijing time, on the return flight it will depart at 10:30 Sunday Beijing time and land at Moscow airport at 15:35 Moscow time.
Flights from Datong to Moscow and back are already on sale. Tickets can be purchased at a discount on the platforms of tour operators.
From the 17th to the early 20th century, the famous Great Tea Road connected modern Shanxi Province and Russia. Today, the opening of Taiyuan-Moscow and Datong-Moscow flights will allow the two sides to deepen their friendship and intensify cooperation.
According to Li Zhiwei, CEO of Baohua Travel, Moscow and St. Petersburg are very attractive to Chinese travelers. Shanxi Province, where many attractions have been preserved, is also an interesting destination for Russian tourists.
Baohua Travel has developed various tourism products for Russian clients, including 8-day tours of Taiyuan and Datong cities and 8-day tours of intangible cultural heritage sites. -0-