World's highest-altitude civilian airport starts operating (2/7)

Airport staff members greet the first plane arriving at Daocheng Yading Airport, in Daocheng County, Garzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 16, 2013. Daocheng Yading Airport, the world's highest-altitude civilian airport, started operating on Monday. The traffic time between the county and the provincial capital of Chengdu is cut from two days by bus to 65 minutes by plane upon the operation of the new airport. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)