China Southern Airlines unveils special painted aircraft for the Altay-Beijing route
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Crew members pose for a group photo in front of a painted plane at an airport in Altay, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 24, 2026. China Southern Airlines held a launching ceremony for a painted plane on Wednesday, following which the plane will operate the flight from Altay to Beijing Daxing International Airport. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)
A flight attendant presents a souvenir to a passenger aboard a painted plane from Altay in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to Beijing, June 24, 2026. China Southern Airlines held a launch ceremony for a painted plane on Wednesday, following which the plane will operate the flight from Altay to Beijing Daxing International Airport. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)
A performance is staged during the launching ceremony of a painted plane at an airport in Altay, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 24, 2026. China Southern Airlines held a launch ceremony for a painted plane on Wednesday, following which the plane will operate the flight from Altay to Beijing Daxing International Airport. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)
This photo taken on June 24, 2026 shows a painted plane at an airport in Altay, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. China Southern Airlines held a launch ceremony for a painted plane on Wednesday, following which the plane will operate the flight from Altay to Beijing Daxing International Airport. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)
Flight attendants and passengers pose for a group photo aboard a painted plane from Altay in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to Beijing, June 24, 2026. China Southern Airlines held a launching ceremony for a painted plane on Wednesday, following which the plane will operate the flight from Altay to Beijing Daxing International Airport.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
