Flight Route from Harbin to Krasnoyarsk, Russia, Opened Officially

In May, the Flight U6735 from Krasnoyarsk, Russia, landed safely at Harbin Taiping International Airport, marking the official opening of the Harbin-Krasnoyarsk route. Presently, Harbin and Russia have achieved air transport in seven cities.

In recent years, the economic, trading and tourist exchanges between Heilongjiang Province and Russia become more frequent that they continue to deepen their cooperations and increase the levels; the number of Russian clients coming to Heilongjiang doing investments and/or tourist sightseeing is climbing yearly. In 2010, the round-trip passengers on the Harbin-Russia route were 87 thousand persons, a 14.2% growth.

Relying on the adjacent Russian geography, Heilongjiang Airport Group will set as a goal "to build Harbin Taiping International Airport into a gateway airport to the Russian Far East", and actively develop the Russian aviation market. Routes from Harbin to Russian cities of Magadan, Blagoveshchensk, and Krasnoyarsk, have been opened successively since 2010. At present, Harbin Taiping International Airport has accomplished the air transportation with Russian cities such as Vladivostock, Magadan, Khabarovsk, Yakutsk, Ladimirovka, Blagoveshchensk and Krasnoyarsk, playing an important purpose on enhancing the economic-trade exchanges and cooperation, as well as tourist development between Heilongjiang Province and Russia.