New China flight lands

A NEW flight linking Scotland and China touched down yesterday at Edinburgh Airport.

The first passengers on the Hainan Airlines flight from Beijing were piped off the plane by a Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo piper.

The service, which has a short stopover in Dublin, will operate four times a week, all year round.

Edinburgh Airport chief executive Gordon Dewar said: “This is a momentous day as we connect not only Edinburgh and Beijing for the first time, but Scotland and China too.”