NANNING, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- A new civil airport went into operation on Friday in Yulin, a city in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
In the initial stage, the airport will launch five routes linking the domestic cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Xi'an, Hangzhou, Kunming, and Haikou, according to the local aviation authorities.
The new airport is located in the Fumian district of the city, 21 km from the city proper. It has a designed annual passenger throughput of 1.5 million and a cargo throughput of 5,000 tonnes.
Yulin has a population of more than 7 million, which is second only to the regional capital Nanning among the 14 cities in Guangxi.
The new airport in Yulin brings the total number of civil airports in Guangxi to eight. Enditem
