HONG KONG, July 03. /ITAR-TASS/. Russia’s Transaero plane has made a landing at Taipei international airport. Thus, direct regular flights between Moscow and Hong Kong have started, Transaero air carrier reported.

“The flight UN505/506 will be made from Vnukovo’s Moscow airport aboard Boeing 767-300 once a week,” the airlines say.

The flight will last for 11 hours and 50 minutes.

Earlier, flights from Taipei to Moscow were made twice a week by Transaero Airlines and Taiwan’s China Airlines via Bangkok. Such flights lasted for 15 hours.

According to Radio Taiwan International, China Airlines is considering a possibility of making own flights to Russian cities due to the increase in tourist arrivals.