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China Eastern Airlines launches direct flights linking Shanghai, Cairo

STORY: China Eastern Airlines launches direct flights linking Shanghai, Cairo SHOOTING DATE: Dec. 11, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:17 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the launching ceremony 2. various of guests 3. Footage by China Eastern Airlines STORYLINE: China Eastern Airlines began operating direct flights between Shanghai and the Egyptian capital Cairo on Monday, the operator has announced. The new service makes three round trips per week on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday, it said, adding it was the first Chinese airline to operate the Shanghai-Cairo air route. The first flight departed from Shanghai Pudong International Airport with 232 passengers onboard. It arrived at Cairo International Airport at 7:19 am local time (0519 GMT) on Monday. A ceremony was held in Cairo late Monday to mark the launch of the first flight of the new air route, which was attended by Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Liao Liqiang and Egypt's Civil Aviation Minister Mohamed Abb

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EGYPT-CAIRO-CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES-DIRECT FLIGHT-SHANGHAI

(231213) -- CAIRO, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Liao Liqiang delivers a speech at the launching ceremony of the first flight of the Shanghai-Cairo air route of the China Eastern Airlines in Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 11, 2023. China Eastern Airlines began operating direct flights between Shanghai and the Egyptian capital Cairo on Monday, the operator has announced. The new service makes three round trips per week on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday, it said, adding it was the first Chinese airline to operate the Shanghai-Cairo air route. The first flight departed from Shanghai Pudong International Airport with 232 passengers onboard. It arrived at Cairo International Airport at 7:19 am local time (0519 GMT) on Monday. (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)

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EGYPT-CAIRO-CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES-DIRECT FLIGHT-SHANGHAI

(231213) -- CAIRO, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The launching ceremony of the first flight of the Shanghai-Cairo air route of the China Eastern Airlines is held in Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 11, 2023. China Eastern Airlines began operating direct flights between Shanghai and the Egyptian capital Cairo on Monday, the operator has announced. The new service makes three round trips per week on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday, it said, adding it was the first Chinese airline to operate the Shanghai-Cairo air route. The first flight departed from Shanghai Pudong International Airport with 232 passengers onboard. It arrived at Cairo International Airport at 7:19 am local time (0519 GMT) on Monday. (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)

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EGYPT-CAIRO-CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES-DIRECT FLIGHT-SHANGHAI

(231213) -- CAIRO, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's Civil Aviation Minister Mohamed Abbas Helmy delivers a speech at the launching ceremony of the first flight of the Shanghai-Cairo air route of the China Eastern Airlines in Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 11, 2023. China Eastern Airlines began operating direct flights between Shanghai and the Egyptian capital Cairo on Monday, the operator has announced. The new service makes three round trips per week on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday, it said, adding it was the first Chinese airline to operate the Shanghai-Cairo air route. The first flight departed from Shanghai Pudong International Airport with 232 passengers onboard. It arrived at Cairo International Airport at 7:19 am local time (0519 GMT) on Monday. (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)

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Direct flights between China's Xiamen, Myanmar's Yangon resume after COVID-19 hiatus

STORY: Direct flights between China's Xiamen, Myanmar's Yangon resume after COVID-19 hiatus DATELINE: April 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:31 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the resumption of Xiamen-Yangon direct flights 2. various of the Yangon International Airport STORYLINE: A commercial flight operated by China's Xiamen Airlines landed at the Yangon International Airport on Wednesday afternoon, marking the resumption of direct passenger flights between China's Xiamen and Myanmar's Yangon since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Xiamen Airlines reopened the route between Xiamen in east China's Fujian Province and Yangon in southern Myanmar with three round trips every Monday, Wednesday and Friday after it suspended all direct flights between the two cities in February 2020. The resumption of the flights aims to boost economic and people-to-people exchanges between Fujian and Myanmar, the airlines said in a statement. Myanmar reopened the Yangon International A

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Matsuyama leaps to tie for 10th at Bridgestone golf

AKRON, United States - Japan's Hideki Matsuyama blasts off from the bunker on the 17th hole to move up to a tie for 10th as he cards a 5-under 65 for a three-round total of a 4-under 206, up from a tie for 36th the previous day, in the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational at the Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, on Aug. 2, 2014.

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Yokomine wins Masters GC Ladies

MIKI, Japan - Japan's Sakura Yokomine holds the victor's trophy after winning the Masters GC Ladies at Masters Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on Oct. 27, 2013. Yokomine holed out with a three-round total of 12-under-par 204 to win her 21st career victory, after play on Oct. 25 was abandoned and the tournament shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

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Kim Na Ri wins Studio Alice Ladies

MIKI, Japan - Kim Na Ri of South Korea holds the victor's trophy after winning the Studio Alice Ladies Open with a three-round total of 4-under 212 at the Hanayashiki Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on April 14, 2013.

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Kim Na Ri wins Studio Alice Ladies

MIKI, Japan - Photo shows Kim Na Ri of South Korea playing a shot on the final day of the Studio Alice Ladies Open at Hanayashiki Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on April 14, 2013. Kim won the tournament with a three-round total of 4-under 212.

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Finnair launches direct flights between Helsinki, Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - An MD-11 jetliner of Finland's national flag carrier Finnair takes off from Chubu Centrair International Airport near Nagoya on an inaugural direct flight to Helsinki on June 4. Finnair operates three round-trip flights between Nagoya and Helsinki a week.

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Ochoa stays at top at Kraft Nabisco C'ship

RANCHO MIRAGE, United States - Lorena Ochoa of Mexico looks at Michelle Wie during their third round of the Kraft Nabisco Championship at the Mission Hills Country Club on April 1. Ochoa dropped two shots, but remained at the top of the leaderboard with a three-shot lead over Wie, who shot a 73 for a three-round total of 210.

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Teshima hangs onto share of lead at Chunichi Crowns

TOGO, Japan - Taichi Teshima put together an even-par 70 for a three-round total of 8-under 202 at Wago Course of the Nagoya Golf Club in Aichi Prefecture on May 3 to hang onto a share of a one-stroke lead going into the final round of the Chunichi Crowns.

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Direct Fukuoka-Australia flights resume

FUKUOKA, Japan - A ceremony to mark the resumption of direct flights between Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, and Cairns, Australia, is held at Fukuoka Airport on Nov. 21. Australian Airlines, a Qantas Airways subsidiary, will operate three round-trip flights a week between the two cities.

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Air Do approved for operation

Masaki Nakatani (C), president of Hokkaido International Airlines, known as Air Do, receives a license from Satoshi Iwamura, head of the Civil Aviation Bureau of the Transport Ministry, on Oct. 26 to approve air services between Tokyo and Sapporo. Akira Nakamura (R), the company's chairman, stands behind Nakatani. The carrier plans three round trip flights daily on the domestic route, beginning Dec. 20, with fares to be set initially at 16,000 yen one way, 36 percent lower than regular ticket prices offered by existing airlines.

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Ochoa stays at top at Kraft Nabisco C'ship

RANCHO MIRAGE, United States - Lorena Ochoa of Mexico looks at Michelle Wie during their third round of the Kraft Nabisco Championship at the Mission Hills Country Club on April 1. Ochoa dropped two shots, but remained at the top of the leaderboard with a three-shot lead over Wie, who shot a 73 for a three-round total of 210. (Kyodo)

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Finnair launches direct flights between Helsinki, Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - An MD-11 jetliner of Finland's national flag carrier Finnair takes off from Chubu Centrair International Airport near Nagoya on an inaugural direct flight to Helsinki on June 4. Finnair operates three round-trip flights between Nagoya and Helsinki a week. (Kyodo)

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Japanese pro golfer Oyama wins Yonex Ladies tourney

Japanese professional golfer Shiho Oyama celebrates her victory in the Yonex Ladies Golf Tournament on June 7, 2015, after sinking a birdie putt on the 18th hole for a three-round total of 10-under 206 at the Yonex Country Club in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Katayama wins fog-shortened Taiheiyo Masters golf

Japan's Shingo Katayama holds the trophy after winning the weather-shortened Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters golf tournament at the Taiheiyo Club Gotemba Course in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 15, 2015. Katayama had a three-round total of 14-under 202 for a one-stroke victory, his first this season and 29th overall. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Matsuyama leaps to tie for 10th at Bridgestone golf

AKRON, United States - Japan's Hideki Matsuyama blasts off from the bunker on the 17th hole to move up to a tie for 10th as he cards a 5-under 65 for a three-round total of a 4-under 206, up from a tie for 36th the previous day, in the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational at the Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, on Aug. 2, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Golf: Matsuyama 2 shots off lead at WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

Japan's Hideki Matsuyama makes a bunker shot on the 15th hole during the third round of the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, on Aug. 5, 2017. Matsuyama finished the day with a three-round total of 7-under 203 in fourth place. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Teshima hangs onto share of lead at Chunichi Crowns

TOGO, Japan - Taichi Teshima put together an even-par 70 for a three-round total of 8-under 202 at Wago Course of the Nagoya Golf Club in Aichi Prefecture on May 3 to hang onto a share of a one-stroke lead going into the final round of the Chunichi Crowns. (Kyodo)

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Direct Fukuoka-Australia flights resume

FUKUOKA, Japan - A ceremony to mark the resumption of direct flights between Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, and Cairns, Australia, is held at Fukuoka Airport on Nov. 21. Australian Airlines, a Qantas Airways subsidiary, will operate three round-trip flights a week between the two cities. (Kyodo)

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Air Do approved for operation

Masaki Nakatani (C), president of Hokkaido International Airlines, known as Air Do, receives a license from Satoshi Iwamura, head of the Civil Aviation Bureau of the Transport Ministry, on Oct. 26 to approve air services between Tokyo and Sapporo. Akira Nakamura (R), the company's chairman, stands behind Nakatani. The carrier plans three round trip flights daily on the domestic route, beginning Dec. 20, with fares to be set initially at 16,000 yen one way, 36 percent lower than regular ticket prices offered by existing airlines. ==Kyodo