Lukou International Airport in Nanjing City, east China's Jiangsu Province on Thursday morning saw first passenger flight taking off as city recovers from the latest COVID-19 outbreak.

Flight MU2923 took off at 10:15 a.m. to Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province.  

Lukou airport has shut down operation since July 23 when a cluster of COVID-19 cases were first found among its cleaning staff.