On July 1, China launched its first international commercial flight of the C909 aircraft, flight CA757, from Hohhot Baita International Airport (Inner Mongolia) to Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia). The route will offer seven flights per week.
Air China introduced the C909 5 years ago. Now its C909 fleet has grown to 35 aircraft, accumulating over 110,000 hours of safe flight and transporting more than 4.13 million passengers. The fleet operates out of three major hubs: Beijing, Chengdu, and Hohhot, currently flying over 30 routes with more than 100 scheduled flights per day.
The Hohhot to Ulaanbaatar route is also a significant step in supporting Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). At Air China’s media briefing on June 30, it was announced that, over the 12 years since the BRI was launched, Air China has opened 68 routes along the Belt and Road, covering 29 participating countries. In the upcoming 2025 summer-autumn season, Air China plans to add new routes, including Beijing–Cairo, Beijing–Tashkent (capital city of Uzbekistan), Urumqi–Tashkent, and Beijing–Almaty (Kazakhstan).
Source: Xinhua, July 1, 2025
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