(Yicai Global) Nov. 28 -- Ticket searches for departing flights from China's Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, surged 90 percent after the local government announced the graduate and orderly restart of urban transport operations.

Searches for plane tickets from Urumqi instantly jumped after the local government announced to lift the public transportation suspension, data from the Chinese online travel agency Qunar showed.

Transports, including rails, civil aviation, buses, and taxis, will resume operations with strict Covid-19 prevention measures in place from today, the Urumqi government said at a press conference yesterday. Rail tickets were not yet for sale as of 10.00 p.m. last night.

China Southern Airlines will resume flights from Urumqi to major cities Changsha, Sanya, Zhengzhou, and Chongqing, with no passengers allowed on board during the flights' returning trips, Yicai Global learned. Prior, the only operating flight was from Urumqi to Beijing.

Economy air tickets will return at their standard price in the next few days, according to Qunar. Tickets for Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, will have 40 percent discounts from Nov. 30, and flights discounted more than 60 percent will be available from the middle of next month.

The order of daily life of residents in low-risk areas will be restored in stages under Covid-19 prevention and control measures, Sui Rong, head of the municipal publicity department of Urumqi, said during a press briefing on Nov. 26.

Editors: Liao Shumin, Martin Kadiev