Gu Jia/Shanghai Daily news
Shanghai Airlines reported that its opening flight from Shanghai to
Shangri-La achieved a perfect landing yesterday, according to today's Oriental
Morning Post.
Before this one, the company had opened routes to the famous
Yunnan province resorts of Lijiang and Xishuangbanna.
The new service will
operate every Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday.
After a night flight from
Shanghai to Kunming, the connection will depart at 6:40 am from Kunming and
arrive at Diqing Airport, Shangri-La, at 7:30 am.
The return flight will
depart for Kunming at 8:15 am., then on to Shanghai at 9:55 am.
The whole
journey takes around four hours and 20
minutes.