China Southern Airlines to launch Non-Stop Flights from Beijing to Tehran

China Southern Airlines, a member of the global SkyTeam airline alliance, is to launch non-stop direct flights from Beijing to Tehran and double the frequency to four flights per week, starting March 31.

China Southern has been operating Beijing-Tehran flights on Wednesday and Saturday, (with a stop at Urumqi) which takes 10 hours. The new flights will only take eight hours and will also operate every Monday and Friday. The airline will use an Airbus A330-200 aircraft for this service.

Flights will leave Beijing at 15:10 and arrive in Tehran at 18:40 local time. Return flights will leave Tehran at 20:20 local time and arrive in Beijing at 7:50 the next morning.

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