Beijing Capital Airlines is to launch two services from Birmingham to China from July 19.
The twice weekly departures from Birmingham airport will operate to Beijing and Shanghai.
Birmingham airport CEO Paul Kehoe: “Today we have reached one of our goals – to offer direct scheduled services to China. We have made the investment, developed the market and today is testament that our region has enormous demand for direct flights to China.”
He added: “These flights will give our region direct access to China and will also offer Chinese tourists an alternative gateway to the UK, which has previously proved so popular.”
The scheduled services will operate on Saturdays to Beijing and on Tuesdays to Shanghai (Hangzhou) and will be operated by an airbus A330-200 aircraft, with a total of 211 seats - 33 business and 178 in economy.
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