The other day, China Eastern Airlines launched the Kunming-Shanghai-Vancouver air route. It is the second intercontinental air route starting from Yunnan and the first intercontinental air route connecting Yunnan with North America. The 11,070-kilometre flight departs every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. After taking off in Kunming, the aeroplane flies to Pudong, Shanghai, where it stops for two hours before flying on to Vancouver. The whole voyage takes a total of 15 hours, saving at least five hours compared to Kunming-Vancouver flights that used to transfer in Beijing, Shanghai or Guangzhou.