To cater to the demand of developing west China, Xinjiang Airlines will start an air route from Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, to Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) as of coming Saturday.

It is the first direct chartered flight linking the remote inland area of China to HKSAR in south China.

Return flights will be available every Saturday from June 24 to October 6. Boeing 757-200 planes will be used to fly the new route.

(People’s Daily 03/22/2001)