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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
URUMQI, June 23 (Xinhua) — International passenger airlines have linked northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region with all five Central Asian countries, according to Xinjiang Airport Group Co., Ltd.
According to the data, international passenger air routes have now linked Xinjiang with a total of 21 cities in 17 countries, including Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Russia, as well as countries in Western, South and Southeast Asia.
As previously reported by the Xinjiang branch of China Southern Airlines, since the beginning of 2025, the volume of passenger and cargo air transportation from Xinjiang to Central Asia has grown by 36 percent and 200 percent year-on-year, respectively.
During the peak summer holiday season, up to 70 flights are expected to operate weekly between Xinjiang and the Central Asian region.
The aforementioned corporation expressed its willingness to continue to open, increase the frequency or restore passenger flights connecting Xinjiang with more places around the world to advance the construction of an efficient and smooth connectivity network under the Belt and Road Initiative.