China’s Xinjiang gets first direct passenger air link to Germany

A new China Southern Airlines service linking south China's Guangzhou, northwest China's Urumqi and Frankfurt of Germany began operations on Monday.

This marks the first direct international passenger air route from northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to Germany. The route makes the regional capital Urumqi a stop on a twice-weekly intercontinental service to Frankfurt, with the Urumqi-Frankfurt leg taking about eight hours, the airline said.