Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region will further accelerate the construction of airports during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25), with a planned eight airports to be built by 2025, bringing the total number of civilian airports in the region to 33, according to the Xinjiang Daily on Wednesday.
China Southern Airlines will open a round-trip air route between Urumqi, capital of Northwest China s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and the county of Tashkurgan on Friday, which signals that Tashkurgan Khunjerab airport – China s westernmost airport and the first Xinjiang airport of ultra-high altitude – is set to officially open to traffic, according to a post on the WeChat account of the air carrier s Xinjiang subsidiary on Tuesday.