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Shortest air route between China, Kyrgyzstan opens

Xinhua, September 21, 2016 Adjust font size:

Direct flights between Kashgar in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Kyrgyzstan have begun, the shortest air route between the two countries.

At 11:40 p.m. on Monday, a Boeing 737 aircraft arrived at Kashgar airport after a two-hour trip from Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek, the route's first flight.

The plane will leave Bishkek for every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and fly back to the city every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

Kashgar, south Xinjiang's largest city, used to be an important staging post along the ancient Silk Road. Endi