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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
ISTANBUL, June 25 (Xinhua) — A China Eastern Airlines flight carrying more than 200 passengers landed at Istanbul Airport at around 7:00 a.m. local time on Tuesday, marking the launch of the airline’s new direct route between northwest China’s Xi’an and Istanbul, Turkey.
This is the airline’s second direct route connecting China and Turkey, after Shanghai-Istanbul. According to the Shanghai-based airline, the new route is operated by a wide-body Airbus A330 aircraft three times a week – on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
At the opening ceremony of the first return flight from Istanbul at the airport on Tuesday morning, China’s Deputy Consul General in Istanbul Wu Jian called the opening of the new route an important step in building a convenient “air Silk Road” between the two historic cities.
According to him, the new route will undoubtedly give new impetus to the development of Chinese-Turkish economic cooperation, cultural exchanges, as well as the joint promotion of the Belt and Road Initiative. –0–