Xi'an-Aswan direct flight to be launched on July 13

On July 13, the flight from Xi'an to southern Egypt's city of Aswan will be launched as northwestern China's first direct flight to Africa.

Flied by Air Leisure's A330-200 aircrafts with 23 business class seats and 263 economy class seats, the flight departs every Thursday morning. Then the time for traveling from Xi'an to Egypt will reduce from over 20 hours (fastest currently) to around 10 hours.