New route has been launched from Dubai International Airport to Shenyang in the Liaoning Province

A new route has just been inaugurated from Dubai International Airport to a major Chinese city, connecting the emirate to Shenyang in the Liaoning Province.

China Southern Airlines began flying the route, which includes a layover in Guangzhou, on Saturday, December 28.

The flight left Dubai at 9.20pm GST on Saturday and arrives in Shenyang at 1.45pm Beijing Time on Sunday. It is operated by an Airbus A330-300.

It departs Shenyang Taoxian International Airport every Saturday at 8.10am Beijing Time and arrives in Dubai at 7.20pm GST.

Each outward and incoming flight makes a stopover in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province in southern China.