China's westernmost airport opens in Xinjiang
STORY: China's westernmost airport opens in Xinjiang
DATELINE: Dec. 23, 2022
LENGTH: 00:01:59
LOCATION: URUMQI, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the airport
2. various of the flight CZ5193 arriving at the airport
3. various of the airport
4. various of the county
5. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): AYIM KHADIR, Check-in officer at Taxkorgan Airport
6. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZAPAR ATAWULLA, Head of the county government
STORYLINE:
A passenger aircraft on Friday morning arrived in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, marking the inauguration of the region's first high plateau airport.
Departing from the regional capital Urumqi at 8:57 a.m., the flight CZ5193, operated by China Southern Airlines, landed at the Taxkorgan Airport at 10:59 a.m.
The airport, located at 3,258 meters above sea level, is China's westernmost transportation airport.
Equipped with a 3,800-meter runway, the airport is designed to handle an annual throughput of 160,000 passengers
- Product Code
- ILEA001220477
- Registered date
- 2022/12/23 00:00:00
- Credit
- Xinhua / Kyodo News Images
- Media source
- Xinhua News Agency.All Rights Reserved
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- 1920 × 1080 pixel
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