Transaero Airlines, a Russian airline, on Monday launched maiden
flights between Saint Petersburg, Russia's second city, and Sanya,
in China's island resort province of Hainan.
Flights are scheduled for every other Monday, leaving Saint
Petersburg at 4:15 AM (Beijing Time) and arriving in Sanya at 3:05
PM the same day. It will depart Sanya at 5:05 PM.
The company already operates flights between Moscow and Sanya
every Wednesday and Sunday, and plans to introduce a
Moscow-Sanya-Guangzhou flight every Friday, according to Sanya
Phoenix International Airport.
(Xinhua News Agency October 31, 2006)
