On December 31, 2016, the maiden flight ceremony of Pu'er-Changsha air route was held at the Pu'er Simao Airport. This was the sixth air route leading Pu'er to the outside world after the routes leading to Beijing, Shanghai, Kunming, Chengdu and Lijiang, as well as Pu'er's second outbound domestic non-stop route. There will be at least three flights per week after the launch of the route, and a flight will take about two hours.