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Himalaya Airlines Kathmandu-Beijing flight H9 665 arrived at 1710 hrs in Beijing. This is the first-ever direct commercial flight between Kathmandu and Beijing the capital cities of Nepal and China respectively.The arrival of the flight was welcomed at Beijings Daxing International Airport by Vice-Chairperson of Tibet Autonomous Region of China H.E. Ms Luo Mei Ambassador of Nepal to China. H.E. Leela Mani Paudyal as well as other high-level dignitaries from the Chinese Government.Speaking at a function to welcome the flight from Kathmandu Ambassador Paudyal said that the direct flight between the capital cities of Nepal and China would herald a new dawn in strengthening civil aviation cooperation between the two countries and expressed the hope that it would help promote bilateral relations in trade investment and people-to-people.In todays inaugural flight there were 59 passengers from Kathmandu to Beijing and 70 passengers on the return flight from Beijing to Kathmandu.The flight will be operational three days a week Sundays Tuesdays and Fridays.