Chinese airline launches first regular flight to Africa
31 December 2006China’s Southern Airlines will launch the first airline connecting Beijing with Lagos, former capital of Nigeria, on Saturday, according to the airline’s Beijing office.
This will be the first regular flight offered by a Chinese airline between China and an African country, said deputy manager Zhao Fengsheng.
Flight CZ331 will take off at 11:40 p.m. from Capital International Airport in Beijing, fly via Dubai, capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and land at 11:10 a.m. local time in Lagos. The total flight time is around 16 hours.
source: People.com
