Yangtze River launches flight

Yangtze River Express Airlines launched its maiden flight on the Shanghai Pudong-Anchorage-New York-Boston route on March 8. Since 2005, Yangtze River Express operates cargo flights from Chinese cities to Seoul, Clark, Manila, Dhaka, Bangkok and Singapore. Last June, the airline inaugurated the first continental air route from Pudong-Anchorage-Los Angeles. Yangtze River Express, established in 2002, was originally owned by Hainan Airlines. In December 2004, the airline was allowed to operate international flights. It flies to main domestic cities including Shanghai, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Dalian, Hangzhou, Beijing, Yantai, Qingdao and Weifang. Its foreign destinations are Los Angeles, Seoul, Osaka, Manila, Clark, Dhaka, Singapore and Bangkok.