孙兴维、张云
By Sun Xingwei and Zhang Yun
北京9月6日报道：9月1日上午，一架搭载115名退役士兵的民航包机，从西藏日喀则和平机场起飞，飞往四川成都，这标志着今年下半年运送新老兵进出新疆、西藏的23条空中航线正式开启。
BEIJING, Sept. 6 -- A chartered flight carrying 115 veterans took off from the Shigatse Heping Airport in Tibet and headed for Chengdu, Sichuan Province, on the morning of September 1, marking the official opening of 23 air routes for transporting new recruits and veterans into and out of Xinjiang and Tibet in the second half of this year.
西部战区某军事运输投送调度中心有关负责人介绍，目前，新疆、西藏建成或在建民用机场已有近30个。边疆地区民航事业的快速发展，为新老兵从空中进出高原边疆提供了便利。
According to a person in charge of a military transportation dispatch center under the PLA Western Theater Command, there are currently nearly 30 civil airports built or under construction in Xinjiang and Tibet. The rapid development of civil aviation in the border areas has provided convenience for the air transportation of recruits and veterans.
据悉，经与乌鲁木齐、喀什、拉萨、日喀则等地机场协调，该运输投送调度中心今年共开辟运送新老兵进出新疆、西藏航线23条，临时开辟银川、嘉峪关、张掖至阿里的3条往返航线，西藏阿里地区今年所有新老兵进出高原将全部实现航空运输。
It is learnt that after coordinating with airports in Urumqi, Kashgar, Lhasa, Shigatse and other places, the dispatch center has opened up 23 routes to transport recruits and veterans into and out of Xinjiang and Tibet this year, and temporarily opened 3 routes from Yinchuan, Jiayuguan, and Zhangye to Ngari. This year, all the recruits and veterans entering and exiting the Ngari area of Tibet will be delivered by air.
据了解，除新老兵进出阿里实现航空运输外，一些航空公司在常态化执飞阿里的航班上，还优先保障军人购票乘机，为部队预留一定数量的机票以备急用。同时，经军地协商，根据需要，免费或优惠为部队运送部分急需物资。
It is also learnt that, in addition, some airlines help to reserve tickets of regular flights to Ngari in response to the troops’ emergency needs. And some urgently needed military supplies could also be delivered free of charge or at preferential rates by the civil airliners.
