China Will Open Its Westernmost Airport, Tashkurgan Khunjerab Airport At the Pamir Plateau On Friday

[beijingwalker]

seems like AI is taking over China

Seems like bums and dimwits are taking over Britain.

 

[beijingwalker]

they eat Halal and follow their religion just because Han Chinese are Godless and materialistic doesnt mean everyone wants fake goods

How do you know their beliefs and religions?

A guy tries to pick up beautiful girls randomly on the street and comes aross an Uyghur girl from Xinjiang, the guy asks the girl what religion the girl's family believe in, the Uyghur girl anwsers that her family and she don't believe in any religions.

 

[Bilal9]

Tashkurgan is a new alternative air-hub in Xinjiang besides Urumqi. Much lower in longitude.

The distance from Islamabad to Tashkurgan Khunjerab Airport via Air is less than an hour, closer to maybe a half-hour.

PIA and other private airlines from Pakistan can easily serve this airport from Pakistan side with small regional turboprop aircraft like the ATR 72-600.

Then Pakistani folks could connect to other Chinese cities, a great low cost way to travel to China via China Southern or other Chinese Airlines, bypassing Urumqi.

Urumqi is already connected to Lahore via China Southern which is a much larger International hub - connecting to EU countries and North Africa.

Of course these are just new options besides Dubai and Lahore/Karachi themselves.

 

[beijingwalker]

Tashkurgan is a new alternative air-hub in Xinjiang besides Urumqi. Much lower in longitude.

The distance from Islamabad to Tashkurgan Khunjerab Airport via Air is less than an hour, closer to maybe a half-hour.

PIA and other private airlines from Pakistan can easily serve this airport from Pakistan side with small regional turboprop aircraft like the ATR 72-600.

Then Pakistani folks could connect to other Chinese cities, a great low cost way to travel to China via China Southern or other Chinese Airlines, bypassing Urumqi.

Urumqi is already connected to Lahore via China Southern which is a much larger International hub - connecting to EU countries and North Africa.

Of course these are just new options besides Dubai and Lahore/Karachi themselves.

Last week China just upgraded Kashgar airport to an International airport, in south Xinjiang, Kashgar is the air-hub

新疆有了首座支线国际机场

 

[Bilal9]

Last week China just upgraded Kashgar airport to an International airport, in south Xinjiang, Kashgar is the air-hub

新疆有了首座支线国际机场

Kashgar or Kashi is even more North than Tashkurgan. I don't think it is in South Xinjiang. It is close to the border of Tajikistan.

 

[beijingwalker]

Kashgar or Kashi is even more North than Tashkurgan. I don't think it is in South Xinjiang. It is close to the border of Tajikistan.

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Traditionally and historically Xinjiang is divided by a natural barrier Tianshan Mountains into north Xinjiang 北疆 and South Xinjiang 南疆，North Xinjiang used to be dominated by Mongols and Kazakhs, almost all the names of places in North Xinjiang are Mongolian, like Urumqi, Dzungar basin basin. landscrape in north Xinjiang is mainly pasture grasslands and forests, wet and fertile.

South of the the Tianshan mountain is South Xinjiang, dominated by Uyghurs, it's almost all deserts except for some oasis cities along the fringe of vast deserts, lands dry and barren. South Xinjiang is the least deveolped region in China due to its harsh and barren natural environment, it has the harshest natural environment in the whole central Asia.

There is an ongoing discussion in China about dividing Xinjiang into 2 separate province, north Xinjiang with the capital city Urumqi and south Xinjiang with the capital city Kashgar, so south Xinjiang can gets more funds from the government and could be more developed.

There is an huge ongoing mega project to fast connect north and south Xinjiang by drilling through the mighty Tianshan mountain, expected to be completed by 2025.

The biggest and most difficult mega project China ever taken, drilling through Tianshan mountains

The biggest and most difficult mega project China ever taken, drilling through Tianshan mountains The biggest and most difficult mega project China has ever taken, drilling through Tianshan mountains, northern Xinjiang and southern Xinjiang will be connected by the real sense top quality high...

pdf.defence.pk

 

[Bilal9]

Traditionally and historically Xinjiang is divided by a natural barrier Tianshan Mountains into north Xinjiang 北疆 and South Xinjiang 南疆，North Xinjiang used to be dominated by Mongols and Kazakhs, almost all the names of places in North Xinjiang are Mongolian, like Urumqi, Dzungar basin basin. landscrape in north Xinjiang is mainly pasture grasslands and forests, wet and fertile.

South of the the Tianshan mountain is South Xinjiang, dominated by Uyghurs, it's almost all deserts except for some oasis cities along the fringe of vast deserts, lands dry and barren. South Xinjiang is the least deveolped region in China due to its harsh and barren natural environment, it has the harshest natural environment in the whole central Asia.

There is an ongoing discussion in China about dividing Xinjiang into 2 separate province, north Xinjiang with the capital city Urumqi and south Xinjiang with the capital city Kashgar, so south Xinjiang can gets more funds from the government and could be more developed.

There is an huge ongoing mega project to fast connect north and south Xinjiang by drilling through the mighty Tianshan mountain, expected to be completed by 2025.

The biggest and most difficult mega project China ever taken, drilling through Tianshan mountains

The biggest and most difficult mega project China ever taken, drilling through Tianshan mountains The biggest and most difficult mega project China has ever taken, drilling through Tianshan mountains, northern Xinjiang and southern Xinjiang will be connected by the real sense top quality high...

pdf.defence.pk

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Many Thanks for the informative post brother - learned a few things. I wasn't looking at a detailed big enough map.

This area is definitely on my visit list now (both Kashgar and Urumqi).

 

[beijingwalker]

Several more in the middle of nowhere high plateau airports are in the pipeline

 

[beijingwalker]

Travelers swarm into Tashkurgan by air after the airport was put into operation in may this year, this flight is soon becoming a " must experience" flight on the Chinese social media, " if you like to visti Pamir, you should really take an airplane, for this is the most spectacular flight in China" many travlers suggest on the Chinese social media.

 

[beijingwalker]

Travelers swarm into Tashkurgan by air after the airport was put into operation in may this year, this flight is soon becoming a " must experience" flight on the Chinese social media, " if you like to visti Pamir, you should really take an airplane, for this is the most spectacular flight in China" many travlers suggest on the Chinese social media.

 

[beijingwalker]