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First aircraft lands at world's highest airport

Daocheng, China - The facility in Daocheng will start its operations in May 2013

On Friday 23 November 2012 the first flight operated at Daocheng Yading Airport landed in the Chinese hub, which represent the highest civil airport in the world: the aircraft, an Air China Airbus A-319, landed in the facility located in the Garzi TIbetan Autonomous Prefecture after a brief flight from Chengdu, the capital of the Sichuan Province. The airport, whose construction ended in August...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1147619
Rome, Italy, 11/23/2012 12:14
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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