China’s Shenzhen Airlines to Fly into Japan

Tokyo, Aug. 29 (Jiji Press)–The Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry on Wednesday approved Shenzhen Airlines’ plan to launch its first services between China and Japan.

The airline will offer three weekly round-trip passenger flights between Shenzhen International Airport in China and Kansai International Airport in Osaka, western Japan, from Sept. 10.

Shenzhen Airlines, an affiliate of Air China, will be the 12th Chinese airline to fly into Japan.

For its international services, Shenzhen Airlines, set up in 1992 and capitalized at 300 million yuan, currently operates regular flights from the Shenzhen airport to Incheon in South Korea, Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi Minh City.END

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