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PLA, courier firm launch cargo flight

Delivery company SF Express has opened a cargo flight to the Tibet autonomous region, with the help of the People's Liberation Army, according to Tuesday's PLA Daily. The maiden flight took off from Chengdu, Sichuan province, and landed in Lhasa in Tibet on Monday. The flight will reserve space for the PLA, providing it with new means to airlift military cargo in and out of Tibet, a military official was quoted as saying.