China Southern Airlines is launching direct flights between the city of Urumqi and Tashkent, Uzbekistan Airports reports.

The first passenger flight is scheduled for October 14. The cost of an air ticket in the direction of Urumqi-Tashkent starts from 9 million soums, in the direction of Tashkent-Urumqi – from 19.4 million soums.

Regular flights will be operated on Boeing-737 and Boeing-787 aircraft once a week, on Fridays.

China Southern Airlines is an airline based in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. It is the largest Asian airline in terms of fleet size and also the largest air carrier in Asia.