China southwest airlines to launch Chongqing-Tokyo flight

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 ◆ China southwest airlines to launch Chongqing-Tokyo flight

China Southwest Airlines (CSA) will launch a new air route between Tokyo and the southwest Chinese municipality of Chongqing in May next year.

This will be the fourth international air route opened for the municipality following the routes of Chongqing-Seoul, Chongqing- Nagoya and Chongqing-Bangkok.

This new air route is about 3,200 kilometers long. The Tokyo- bound flight will take four hours, and the return trip to Chongqing four hours and a half.

A new Boeing 737-800 will fly to and from the two cities on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.

CSA will also launch two other international air routes starting from May 2002: one between Chengdu, the provincial capital of southwest China"s Sichuan Province, and Tokyo; the other between Chengdu and Osaka, said Wang Shixiang, general manager of CSA.

Wang said an additional Sunday Chongqing-Nagoya flight will be launched. (xinhua)