Cathay Pacific Airways will launch the Hong Kong-Urumqi route on April 28.
The route will operate four round trips per week on Mondays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays. The aircraft used will be the Airbus A330-300. The estimated travel time is 5 hours and 30 minutes from Hong Kong and 5 hours and 5 minutes from Urumqi.
Urumqi is a city in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in inland China. In addition to this, China Southern Airlines operates two weekly round trips between Hong Kong and Urumqi. There are no direct flights from Japan, requiring a connection.
■Timetable CX998 Hong Kong (01:30) ~ Urumqi (07:00) / Mon, Thu, Sat, Sun CX997 Urumqi (10:15) ~ Hong Kong (15:20) / Mon, Thu, Sat, Sun
