Huolinguole Opens Flight Route to Shanghai via Tongliao

China News Service reported that Huolinguole in Inner Mongolia officially launched a scheduled flight route to Shanghai Pudong stopping in Tongliao on October 25. The new route builds an air corridor connecting the grassland industrial city directly to the Yangtze River Delta region. Operated by Spring Airlines, the service runs every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday. Outbound flight 9C6334 departs Huolinguole at 12:50 and arrives at Shanghai Pudong at 17:45 following a stop in Tongliao, while return flight 9C6333 leaves Shanghai Pudong at 7:10 and reaches Huolinguole at 12:05, with total one-way travel taking about 4 hours and 55 minutes. Huolinguole Airport general manager assistant Wu Xiangnan stated that the route opened alongside the launch of the civil aviation winter-spring season. The connection facilitates southern tourists traveling north to see snow and local residents heading south for warmth, while arriving passengers in Shanghai can transfer to other Yangtze River Delta destinations and additional domestic and international flights.