Direct flights to China resumed from Irkutsk for the first time since the beginning of 2020

Iraero Airlines has resumed direct flights to China by launching the Irkutsk-Harbin (China)-Irkutsk flight. As noted in message carrier, flights will be operated twice a week – on Mondays and Fridays – on Superjet-100 aircraft. Return flights operate on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

“We are pleased to resume direct flights to China. The break from 2020 was due to the difficult epidemic situation in Russia and China. This direction is promising for us. We will fly on “Superjets”, which are distinguished by their optimal passenger capacity and flight range. The airline also plans to resume flights to Manchuria, ”the airline’s general director, Yuri Lapin, is quoted in the message.

Consulate General of Russia in Harbin in its Telegram channel clarifiesthat today the number of direct flights between Russian cities and Harbin “increased to four.” Earlier, Russian Aurora and Hainan Airlines “restored regular flights between Khabarovsk and Harbin.”

Vlad Nikiforov, Irkutsk