Direct flight links China's Fuzhou with Seoul in South Korea

STORY: Direct flight links China's Fuzhou with Seoul in South Korea SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 31, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 1, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: FUZHOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony prior to departure 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HUANG ZHENYANG, Deputy general manager of Fuzhou branch of Xiamen Air 3. various of passengers of flight MF877 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YAN YUN, Flight captain, Xiamen Air STORYLINE: Flight MF877, operated by China's Xiamen Air, departed from Fuzhou in east China and arrived in Seoul in South Korea on Wednesday, marking the official opening of the first direct passenger flight route between the two cities. It is also the first regularly-scheduled direct passenger flight route linking Fuzhou with South Korea. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HUANG ZHENYANG, Deputy general manager of Fuzhou branch of Xiamen Air "Before the opening of the (new route), passengers from Fuzhou had to transfer in places like Shanghai, which would take six to seven hours and wa