New flight links Yinchuan, Thailand

By：Xinhua Update：2017-03-20

A flight between the landlocked Chinese city of Yinchuan and the island of Phuket, Thailand, will begin next month, according to Ningxia airport.

The China Southern Airlines flight, operated with a Boeing 738, will ply the route three times a week starting from April 10, with a stop in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou.

The Phuket-bound flight will depart from Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, 7:20 p.m. on Monday, Thursday and Saturday and will land in Phuket at 1:40 a.m. the next day. It will return to Yinchuan an hour after its arrival in Phuket.