World's highest-altitude civilian airport starts operating (4/7)

Air China Stewardesses pose at Daocheng Yading Airport, in Daocheng County, Garzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 16, 2013, after the arrival of the first flight. 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)