Flights connecting Baotou, the largest city of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region with Ulan Bator, Mongolia's capital, were launched on August 3, xinhuanet.com reported.

The flight, operated by Hunnu Air on a Fokker-F-50, is scheduled to fly twice a week on Thursday and Sunday.

The three-hour flight leaves Ulan Bator at 7 a.m., arriving in Baotou at 8:45 a.m. The return flight departs Baotou at 9:45 a.m., and reaches Ulan Bator at 11:45 a.m.

Hunnu Air is one of the two big airlines of Mongolia, along with Mongolian Airlines.