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Regional air route resumes between China, Russia
HARBIN, July 4, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – An international air charter route
between Russia and China resumed operation on Wednesday, the local government
said.
The route operates between Harbin, capital of northeast China’s
Heilongjiang Province, Chelyabinsk in Russia’s Ural region, and Moscow, the
Heilongjiang provincial government said.
It will be operated by Ural Airlines and a Harbin tour operator, using an
Airbus 320 model with a passenger capacity of 164 people. The flight is
scheduled for every Wednesday.
The route will mainly serve tourists and business travellers between
Heilongjiang and Chelyabinsk. Economic, trade and tourist exchanges between
the two locations have grown in recent years, the government said.
In October, 2011, Ural Airlines launched a route between Harbin and
Chelyabinsk, but it was later suspended.
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