Flights between China and Russia: Ural Airlines will open two chartered flights from Oct 26: Chelyabinsk to Harbin and Harbin to Novosibirsk. The flight between Chelyabinsk and Harbin will fly once a week on Wed and Tue. More information at www.uralairlines.ru.

Flight to Perth: China Southern Airlines will put into a new route on Nov 8: Beijing-Guangzhou-Perth. The flight will fly three times a week. Attractive return fares for online booking are from 3,000 yuan until Oct 31. More information at: www. csair.com.

Christmas special: Lufthansa is offering special discounts for passengers who want to spend Christmas or Chinese New Year in European cities with economy class roundtrip fares from only 2,800 yuan. Book tickets before Nov 6 for limited seats. More information on the website: www.lufthansa.com.

(China Daily 10/30/2011 page16)