Shenzhen Airlines has announced it will launch direct flight from Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, and Hong Kong starting from Sept. 10.

Boeing 737-700 will fly the route three times a week, taking off from Nanning at 8:15 a.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and arriving Hong Kong at 9:25 a.m. The return flight will leave Hong Kong at 10:25 am and land at Nanning airport at 11:40 a.m.

The scheduled flight will hopefully enhance communication, cultural exchanges and trade Guangxi and Hong Kong, said Jia Yucheng, director of Nanning provincial tourism administration late last week.

Shenzhen Airlines, based in the southern boomtown Shenzhen, has launched more than 80 domestic routes and one international route linking Shenzhen and Kuala Lumpur.

(Xinhua News Agency August 8, 2005)