Air flights resume to Tibet after suspension

From: China Daily | Date: August 23, 2002| Author: NEI GUO, China Daily staff | Copyright information

Air services to Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region resumed yesterday after a two-day suspension because of poor weather conditions at the "Roof of the World."

Sources with the Tibetan Aviation Bureau said seven flights managed to reach Gongga Airport, near the capital Lhasa, yesterday morning.

They were able to collect more than 2,000 passengers who had been stranded there since flights were suspended.

Around 700 passengers were still waiting for flights at Gongga A...

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