Tibet has air links with 66 cities: White paper

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By:Xinhua
update:May 21,2021

A plane making a flight from Jinan, East China, lands at Gonggar Airport in Lhasa, capital of Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, April 9, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]

May 21,2021 -- Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region now has 140 domestic and international air routes in operation, reaching 66 cities, according to a white paper issued on Friday.

The region has built a comprehensive transport network composed of highways, railways, air routes and pipelines since its peaceful liberation in 1951, said the white paper titled "Tibet Since 1951: Liberation, Development and Prosperity," issued by China's State Council Information Office.

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