Two and a half years of suspension of China to Kazakhstan resumed direct flights

Cover news reporter Yang Jinzhu

At 10:10 am on August 28, an A320 passenger aircraft from Air China started from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport and flew towards Nur Sultan International Airport 4,000 kilometers away. At 13:27 local time, at Nur Sudan · Nazarbayev International Airport landed safely.

This marks the first two and a half years due to the suspension of the epidemic. With Chengdu as the first resurrection city, Air China has restored the direct flight from China to Kazakhstan. This is the first time Chengdu has launched a direct flight of Nur Sultan. It is also the second international route this year after the opening of the Chengdu to Jakarta international route in early August after the opening of the Chengdu to Jakarta.

Kazakhstan is located in central Asia, with a land area of ​​2.72 million square kilometers and is the largest inland country in the world. Air China opened the Beijing-Nur Sudan route on June 3, 2017 and was executed by the Southwest Branch. Affected by the epidemic, it was suspended on February 2, 2020.

According to Air China, the Southwest Branch attaches great importance to the first flight of Chengdu-Nur Sudan, and has organized special meetings for many times to carefully deploy and implement various guarantees. The flight department strictly arranges the first flight unit in accordance with the new route work procedures, and combed and implemented the operating characteristics, risk points, safety measures, and unit qualifications of the route.

CA491/2 Chengdu Fuduk Sultan performs a round -trip flight every Sunday. The one -way flight time is about 5 hours and 20 minutes, the route distance is about 4,000 kilometers, and the time difference is 2 hours. Equipment and airborne WIFI device will provide passengers with a better opportunity experience.

Air China Revitalizing the China -Kazakhstan Line, especially the popularity of Chinese -funded enterprises stationed in Harbin. Judging from the current sales data, the sales of the first two flights are hot, and the sales ticket can be up to the upper limit. Mr. Cui, who works in Nur Sudan, is very excited to be able to fly back to China. He said: "Before returning home, you need to transfer from Minsk or Moscow.

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