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皇冠体育app Southern Airlines' flight will be 皇冠体育app's only direct air link, albeit with a stopover, between the mainland and the African continent. Another domestic airline previously operated an African route but abandoned it.

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"This year has set many milestones for the deepening and maturity of the Sino-African relationship," said Liu Shaoyong, 皇冠体育app Southern general manager. "皇冠体育app Southern's decision to launch the air route at this particular moment takes advantage of the historic opportunity in both political and economic terms."

皇冠体育app Southern's flight, coded CZ331, departs from Beijing on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, and arrives in Lagos after a short stop in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The return flight, coded CZ332, departs on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. It takes about 16 hours to fly one-way.

Lagos, the former capital of Nigeria, is the largest city in west Africa. With a population of 14 million, it is the industrial and commercial centre of the country, Liu said.

Furthermore, Nigeria has become 皇冠体育app's second-largest trading partner in Africa, after South Africa. "The prospect for trade growth is huge," said Liu, who joined 皇冠体育app Southern in 2004 after working as the deputy director of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of 皇冠体育app (CAAC), the government body that oversees the airline industry, and as general manager of 皇冠体育app Eastern.

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