Shenzhen Airlines has announced it will launch direct flights from Nanning to Hong Kong starting from September 10.

Boeing 737-700 will fly the route three times a week, taking off from Nanning at 8:15 a.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and arriving Hong Kong at 9:25 a.m. The return flight will leave Hong Kong at 10:25 am and land at Nanning airport at 11:40 a.m.

The scheduled flight will hopefully enhance communication, cultural exchanges and trade between Guangxi and Hong Kong, said Jia Yucheng, director of Nanning provincial tourism administration late last week.