Ali Airport opens in Tibet
Air China A319. Key - Tony Dixon
15 July 2010
An Airbus A319 has made the first commercial flight to Ali Airport in Tibet.
July 15: An Airbus A319 made the first commercial flight to Ali Airport in Tibet on July 1, officially opening the world’s third highest airport at an elevation of 4,274m (14,022ft).
The Air China aircraft arrived from China’s Chengdu Shuangliu Airport with a short-stopover in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. To date, the A319 is the only civil aircraft certified by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) for flights to and from Ali Airport.
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