The Xinjiang Branch of China Southern Airlines has just announced some route and flight adjustments.

From August 1, added a round-trip Urumqi-Kashi-Yining route operated using Boeing 737 aircraft. The flight starts from Urumqi at 09:40, stopping at Kashi and departs from Kashi at 12:05; the return flight leaves from Yining at 14:10, and arrives at Urumqi at 15:10.

Meanwhile, China Southern will suspend the Urumqi-Sharjah-Jedda and the Urumqi-Islamabad routes.

In addition, China Southern plans to increase the number of flights on the Changchun-Tokyo route from the original one to two a week at the beginning of September. The additional service operated by the Jilin Branch of China Southern Airlines will start from Changchun at 11:00, arriving at Tokyo at 14:55; the return flight departs from Tokyo at 15:55, and arrives at Changchun at 18:40.

(China Hospitality News August 11, 2008)