WUHAN - A direct flight between Wuhan city in Central China's Hubei province and Australia's Gold Coast will be launched by Jetstar Airlines at the end of September, marking the first air route between central China and Australia.

The direct flight to the tourism and surfing destination is expected to operate every Tuesday and Saturday, local transportation authorities said Wednesday.

The outbound flight will depart from Wuhan at 8:00 pm and arrive in Gold Coast at 7:25 am the next day (local time). The return flight will depart from Gold Coast at 10:55 am (local time) and land in Wuhan at 6:30 pm.

Wuhan currently has international direct flights to Paris, Moscow and San Francisco. The new flight is also the first direct flight from China to Gold Coast.