A flight arriving at Shanghai Pudong International Airport from the Kazakh city of Shymkent on Friday marked the official opening of the first direct passenger air route between the eastern Chinese metropolis and Central Asia.
According to the Chinese news agency Zhongxin She, the launch of this air route will reduce the travel time between Central Asia and Shanghai to 6 hours.
Flights on this route will operate according to the following schedule:
On Tuesdays, flights will depart from Shanghai Pudong International Airport at 02:05 Beijing time and arrive in Shymkent at 06:00 local time. On Fridays, flights will depart from Shanghai at 05:50 Beijing time and arrive in Shymkent at 10:00 local time. Return flights are scheduled from Shymkent at 15:30 on Mondays and 19:50 on Thursdays local time, arriving in Shanghai at 01:00 on Tuesdays and 04:50 on Fridays Beijing time, respectively.
