on november 21, under the influence of cold air, it was snowing continuously in urumqi, leading to a dense fog which once reduced the visibility in urumqi airport to less than 50 meters; no flights of china southern airlines had taken off or landed after 8:20 a.m. many incoming and outgoing flights of xinjiang branch of china southern airlines were delayed or forced to land at alternate airport - 40 outgoing flights from urumqi to beijing, guangzhou, chengdu, bishkek and xi'an etc. delayed, 28 flights to urumqi from yining, bole, sanya, chongqing etc. delayed and 2 flights landing at alternate airport in dunhuang and jiayuguan, and thousands of passengers were affected.
by 15:30, the weather improved in urumqi airport while the cz6901 flight from urumqi to beijing took off at 15:03, and the delayed flights resumed their flying in succession. the xinjiang branch of china southern airlines will make every effort to resume the flights and ensure a smooth trip for passengers. passengers with travel needs may call china southern airlines sales hotline 95539 for more flight information.