GUIYANG - A direct air route between Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province, and Osaka in Japan is expected to be launched on May 28, according to China Southern Airlines on Thursday.

Flights will be available every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. The outbound flight will take about three hours and 20 minutes, and the inbound flight will take four hours and 10 minutes.

A China Southern air route between Guiyang and Tokyo will also launch in May.

Many travel agencies in Guizhou have planned Japan tour packages accordingly.

Guizhou is a mountainous and less developed province in Southwest China. Currently, people from Guizhou have to travel to cities such as Beijing and Shanghai to fly to Japan.