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China Eastern Airlines launches direct route between Xi'an and Istanbul
Δευτέρα 30 Ιουνίου 2025, 20:46

ISTANBUL, (Xinhua) -- A China Eastern Airlines flight carrying over 200 passengers touched down at Istanbul Airport at around 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT) on Tuesday, marking the launch of the airline's new direct route between Xi'an in southwestern China and Türkiye's Istanbul.
It is the airline's second direct route connecting China and Türkiye, following its Shanghai-Istanbul service. Operated with Airbus A330 wide-body aircraft, the new route offers three round-trip flights per week on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, according to the Shanghai-headquartered airline.
At the launch ceremony for the inaugural return flight from Istanbul at the airport on Tuesday morning, Wu Jian, China's deputy consul general in Istanbul, hailed the opening of the new route as a significant step in building a convenient "air Silk Road" between the two historic cities.