Tianjin Airlines announces maiden flight of East Asian Games special air route

Cao Xiaohong, vice mayor of Tianjin, attends the ceremony of Tianjin 2013 East Asian Games Sponsors with Xin Di, chairman of Tianjin Airlines.

Tianjin Airlines signed a cooperation deal with the organizing committee of the Sixth East Asian Games at Tianjin Binhai International Airport on July 15, and the committee announced the first special flight of the games that will depart from Dalian.

Tianjin Airlines has designed special air routes for countries and regions participating in the Sixth East Asian Games, which will be held in Tianjin from October 6 to 15.

Athletes, media and government officials from China, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, South Korea, Japan, North Korea and nine other regions and countries are expected to attend the games.

Xie Delong, deputy director of Tianjin Sports Bureau and deputy director of the sixth EAGOC executive bureau, signed the deal with Wu Hao, deputy chairman of Tianjin Airlines.