Only "air bridge" linking west China with Europe to reopen

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 ◆ Only "air bridge" linking west China with Europe to reopen

Chongqing-Germany Airlines, the only so far to connect western China with Europe, is set to reopenin the first quarter of 2003 after being shut down for two years.

The airline, connecting Chongqing municipality in west China with Munich in Germany, was opened in May 2000. About 6,000 European passengers came to Chongqing on business or tourism on the airline. Many cities in west China set up offices in Chongqing to attract more Europeans.

The line was closed only half a year later. With the efforts from the Chongqing municipal government and the permission of the China General Administration of Civil Aviation, the line is set to resume, traveling between Chongqing and Dusseldorf in Germany.