A new flight linking Detroit in the United States and Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, will be launched on October 31 this year. The route will also take in Japan's capital, Tokyo, according to US Northwest Airlines.

With the opening of the new route, passengers can fly between Guangzhou and some seven port cities in the US, including Honolulu, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport, John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, Portland of Oregon, San Francisco and Seattle, with only one transfer.

For the new route, a Boeing 747-400 will be used for the Detroit - Tokyo section. A Boeing 757-200 airliner will link Tokyo and Guangzhou, with 20 business-class seats and 162 economy-class seats.

The tickets for the new line went on sale on August 9.

(Beijing Weekend August 13, 2004)