Vladivostok and China will be connected by the first direct flight in February

The first Boeing of the Chinese airline Xiamen Airlines will fly from Tianjin to the capital of Primorye on February 12. The flight will operate once a week,

The first regular direct flight since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic will connect Primorye to China . The Xiamen Airlines plane will take off on February 12 from Tianjin.

The Boeing 737-800 will arrive in Vladivostok from Tianjin Airport at 16:30 local time, and the aircraft will depart at 18:30. Flights MF8689 (Tianjin-Vladivostok) and MF8690 (Vladivostok-Tianjin) will be operated once a week, on Sundays. So far, the schedule on the website of Vladivostok Airport is presented until March 19.

It is now possible to get to China without transfers from another Far Eastern region. Flight HU719 of Hainan Airlines connects Khabarovsk and Harbin on Tuesdays, and Aurora's HZ-4456 flies on Mondays.

Tianjin is one of the largest metropolitan areas in the country and one of the 4 cities of central subordination in China. It is located on the coast of Bohai Bay and its international port is one of the ten largest container ports in the world. According to 2016 data, more than 15 million people lived in Tianjin.