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A new airport in a Tibetan autonomous prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province began operation on Monday.
Xinhua丨Updated: September 17, 2019
Local people perform to celebrate the opening of the Garze Gesar Airport in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Garze, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 16, 2019. The Garze Gesar Airport, situated at 4,068 meters above sea level in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Garze, saw its first airplane land on Monday morning. The journey between Garze and Chengdu used to take over eight hours by car. With the new airport, it is now just a one-hour flight. [Photo/Xinhua]
