New passenger air route to link Nanjing, Kuala Lumpur

NANJING, May 9 (Xinhua) -- China Eastern Airlines has announced the launch of a daily passenger flight service starting June 30, connecting Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, with Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia.

The outbound flight from Nanjing Lukou International Airport is scheduled to take off at 10:50 p.m. and touch down in Kuala Lumpur at 4:40 a.m. local time the next day. The inbound flight will depart at 5:50 a.m. and reach Nanjing at 11:35 a.m. on the same day.