S7 Airlines will resume direct scheduled flights from Siberia to Beijing and Urumqi

S7 Airlines will resume direct scheduled flights from Irkutsk to Beijing and from Novosibirsk to Urumqi, which were discontinued during the coronavirus pandemic, the company said.

"S7 Airlines is resuming direct scheduled flights to China from Irkutsk to Beijing and from Novosibirsk to Urumqi. The first flights in both directions will depart on May 27," the message says.
It is specified that flights on the Irkutsk - Beijing route will be operated twice a week, on Thursdays and Saturdays. The journey time will be 3 - 3.5 hours. Planes from Novosibirsk to Urumqi will depart once a week - on Saturdays. The journey time will take about 2.5 hours. The flights will be carried out on comfortable Boeing 737-800 airliners with a capacity of more than 170 people.
Previously, flights were carried out in early 2020 and were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, writes TASS.