Moscow became the first European city in a Chinese carrier’s route network

First Tianjin Airlines flight from Sheremetyevo Airport was on June 13th 2016 at 21:10 Moscow time. The flight path was Moscow-Tianjin.

Passengers will take their flights from Terminal F once a week on Mondays. Airbus 330 long-range aircraft equipped with 260 passenger seats (18 in business and 242 in economy class) will operate the flights.

Expending the flights geography to China is one of Sheremetyevo airport’s priorities. During the first 5 months of 2016 Sheremetyevo has provided it’s services to more than 500 thousand passengers on Chinese routes — the amount 6.3% larger than in the previous year’s reporting timeframe.

Sheremetyevo keeps the leading position in transfer flights between China and Europe.