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epa03870838 A picture made available on 17 September 2013 shows Tibetan women taking pictures of themselves in front of Air China flight CA 4215 after landing at Yading Airport, the world's highest civilian airport, in Daocheng of Garzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan, 16 September 2013. The world's highest civilian airport has opened at an altitude of 4,411 metres on the Tibetan plateau in the south-western Chinese province of Sichuan, state media said on 17 September. The Daocheng Yading airport in Ganzi prefecture's Daocheng county, or Dapba in Tibetan, launched its first commercial flights on 16 September shortening the travel time from the provincial capital of Chengdu from two days by road to about one hour by plane. EPA/STR CHINA OUT EPA/STR CHINA OUT