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China Southern Airlines is planning to deploy its Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft to Xinjiang, the restive region in the far west of China. According to an update on the Routes Online flight database, the airline will base its 787-8 Dreamliner at Urumqi’s Diwopu International Airport in July 2017. This modern, twin-aisle jet will then be […]
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Emirates has told China that it will “never compromise” on the issue of safety, following two recent incidents involving the airline’s flights. Xinhua reports that in April, an Emirates plane was found to be flying at the wrong altitude in the skies above western China’s Xinjiang region. And then in May, one of the airline’s
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The Chinese government is planning to invest CNY14.4 billion (US$2.1bn) in the construction or expansion of 17 airports in the remote northwestern region of Xinjiang this year, Xinhua reports. The funding will include developments in key cities such as Urumqi and Kashgar, in an effort to position the region as the getaway between China and
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