Riyadh, April 18 -- China Southern Airlines, a leading Chinese airline, launched its inaugural flight from Beijing Daxing International Airport to King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia, the latest regular direct passenger flight service linking China and Saudi Arabia. The Beijing-Riyadh flight, utilizing an Airbus A330-300, will operate on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

More regular non-stop flights between the two countries have further promoted people-to-people as well as economic and trade exchanges. In 2023, over 30,000 Saudi citizens traveled to China and hundreds of thousands of Chinese people went to Saudi Arabia for tourism and business, said Chinese Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Chen Weiqing in a recent inte...