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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, June 16 (Xinhua) — China Southern Airlines flight CZ6051 carrying 173 passengers departed Beijing Daxing International Airport for Dushanbe, capital of Tajikistan, at noon on June 16, officially opening the airline’s first direct Beijing-Dushanbe passenger flight.
The new flight is also reportedly the first direct passenger flight on the Beijing-Dushanbe route launched by Chinese air carriers.
According to China Southern Airlines, based in Guangzhou City /Guangdong Province, southern China/, direct flights on the Beijing-Dushanbe route are operated twice a week. The flight numbers for this route are CZ6051/6052. According to the schedule, the flight departs from Beijing Daxing International Airport at 17:00 /local time/ and arrives at Dushanbe International Airport at 21:00. Travel time is about 7 hours. The return flight departs from Dushanbe International Airport at 22:30 and arrives at Beijing Daxing International Airport at 07:20 the next day. The trip takes about 6 hours.
“In order to provide passengers with quality services, we decorated the cabin of this flight with cultural elements of the two countries and also treated passengers with signature dishes such as abalone with chicken and peach blossom cookies,” said Hou Ming, general manager of the North China Region Marketing Center of China Southern Airlines.
The opening of a direct Beijing-Dushanbe flight will create a more convenient air bridge between China and Tajikistan, effectively promote bilateral trade, economic and humanitarian exchanges, cooperation in the field of tourism, and will also give a new powerful impetus to the development of relations between the two countries and regional interconnectedness, said Qu Guangji, deputy general director of China Southern Airlines.
During the summer and autumn air seasons this year, China Southern Airlines will operate 7 express flights connecting Beijing Daxing Airport with cities such as Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Chengdu, and will also launch international flights between Beijing Daxing Airport and airports in London, Amsterdam, Moscow, etc. -0-