Air China Adds Service to Tibetan Plateau.BEIJING -- Air China has added frequencies to the Tibetan Plateau The Tibetan Plateau, also known as the Qinghai-Tibetan (Qingzang) Plateau is a vast, elevated plateau in East Asia covering most of the Tibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province in the People's Republic of China and Ladakh in Kashmir. , increasing the Chengdu-Linzhi service to five flights a week. This Chengdu-Linzhi service was initiated last September, following the success of its Chengdu-Lhasa service. Air China has provided consistent air service to the Tibetan Plateau for 42 years, also carrying passengers among its regional destinations such as Bangda and Changdu. "Air China's new Chengdu-Linzhi route is attracting tourists who want to experience the Tibetan Plateau. Our additional service offers yet another travel choice to the region and increases convenient access," said Mrs. Zhang Lan, Senior Vice President for Air China. "The beauty, culture, and majestic environment of Tibet are drawing visitors from all over the world, and Air China is proud to help share this unique heritage with those who want to come and see it." The region of Tibet is the main part of China's Tibetan Plateau, located in the southwest of the country. Known as the "Roof of the World," the imposing Tibetan Plateau is the highest plateau on earth. The world's highest mountain, Mount Everest, is a feature of Tibet, and the region is also known the world over for the culture and history of Tibetan Buddhism Tibetan Buddhism, form of Buddhism prevailing in the Tibet region of China, Bhutan, the state of Sikkim in India, Mongolia, and parts of Siberia and SW China. It has sometimes been called Lamaism, from the name of the Tibetan monks, the lamas [superior ones]. . Air China's additional services, launched March 25, also use specialized Boeing 757 aircraft with performance enhancements for the terrain and conditions. The Chengdu-Linzhi flights, dubbed "the second golden tour route" for the region, joining the Chengdu-Lhasa service, operate every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. The morning services depart Chengdu at 7:30 a.m., arriving Linzhi at 9:15 a.m., and leave Linzhi at 10:00 a.m. to arrive in Chengdu at 11:30 a.m. As China's sole designated flag carrier and the Airline Partner of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Olympic games, premier athletic meeting of ancient Greece, and, in modern times, series of international sports contests. The Olympics of Ancient Greece Although records cannot verify games earlier than 776 B.C. , Air China (HKEX: 0753; LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor : AIRC AIRC Australian Industrial Relations Commission AIRC Associazione Italiana Per La Ricerca Sul Cancro (Italian Cancer Research Association) AIRC American Information Resource Center ; SSE (1) An earlier full-screen editor in OS/2. (2) (Streaming SIMD Extensions) A series of additional instructions built into Pentium CPU chips for improved multimedia performance by performing mathematical operations on multiple sets of data at the : 601111) serves 78 domestic and 39 international cities with an extensive network from its Beijing hub, conveniently linking passengers between China and destinations around the world. In North America, Air China serves New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Vancouver with non-stop service to Beijing. For more information visit http://www.airchina.com.cn/ or http://us.fly-airchina.com. |
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