Uzbekistan's Centrum Air airline on Monday launched a direct passenger flight connecting Tashkent and Guangzhou /adm. center of Guangdong province/. Guangdong.

According to the schedule, the new flight in both directions will be operated by Airbus A321 airliner twice a week. The flight from Tashkent to Guangzhou on Wednesdays and Sundays, and from Guangzhou to Tashkent on Mondays and Thursdays.

The opening of the new air route will not only facilitate the movement of passengers between the two countries, but also give a new impetus to economic and trade cooperation between Uzbekistan and China, said Centrum Air CEO Abdulaziz Abdurakhmanov.

Pan Jian, operations director of Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, expressed confidence that many Chinese will use the flight to travel, do business or visit relatives in Central Asia.