A plane carrying 129 passengers from Kuala Lumpur of Malaysia landed at Dunhuang Mogao International Airport in northwest China's Gansu Province on Friday evening, marking the official launch of the international charter flight route between the two cities.
The route is operated by Malindo Air of Malaysia and the weekly flight service is scheduled for every Friday.
It is the sixth international route of the Dunhuang airport, following the previous openings of flights to China's Hong Kong, Japan's Osaka, South Korea's Seoul, Cambodia's Siem Reap, and Indonesia's Jakarta.
To ensure the safe and smooth operation of the newly launched route, local customs authorities have coordinated with airlines, the airport, and travel agencies in advance to provide policy guidance and conduct risk assessments. Adopting a tailored approach for each flight, they have designed customized clearance plans.
And a joint mechanism was also established with border inspection and public health authorities to facilitate preemptive supervision and proactive services.
"We continuously optimize key procedures such as passenger declaration, port inspection, and customs clearance. We also extend the application of informatization methods including self-service declaration and CT-based intelligent image review, which improves regulatory efficiency while offering better clearance experience to passengers," said Zhi Tingting, head of the passenger inspection section under customs of Dunhuang Mogao International Airport.
The launch of the Kuala Lumpur–Dunhuang international route represents a significant step for Dunhuang in deepening its participation in the Belt and Road Initiative and promoting high-level openness.
In the next phase, the airport plans to gradually resume and add more international and regional routes, including flights to Seoul and Hanoi of Vietnam, to attract more international tourists to Dunhuang.
Charter flight route from Kuala Lumpur to Dunhuang launched
