I-Air Marakanda isimemezele ukuvulwa kwendiza entsha esetshenziswa yi-China Southern Airlines phakathi kwe-Urumqi ne-Samarkand. Inkampani yezindiza izoba ngeyokuqala izindiza eziya eSamarkand International Airport zisuka eChina.
China Southern Airlines izindiza ezisuka e-Samarkand, e-Uzbekistan ziya enhloko-dolobha ye-Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region enyakatho-ntshonalanga ye-China zizoqala ngo-Okthoba 16, 2023.
Zonke izindiza zizosebenza ngesimanjemanje Boeing 737-800 indiza ekuhlelweni kwezigaba ezimbili zebhizinisi nomnotho.
I-China ingenye yezimakethe ezikhula ngokushesha emhlabeni, futhi ukuvulwa kwezindiza eziqondile kuzosiza ukuqinisa ubudlelwane bezohwebo nezomnotho phakathi kwe-People's Republic of China (PRC) neRiphabhulikhi yase-Uzbekistan. Inethiwekhi yemizila Yesikhumulo Sezindiza sase-Urumqi iqukethe izindawo zasekhaya ezingama-69, ezizovumela abagibeli ukuthi basebenzise Isikhumulo Sezindiza sase-Urumqi njengendawo yokuvakashela amadolobha amakhulu kunawo wonke amabhizinisi, izimboni kanye nezivakashi e-China.