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The beloved giant pandas at Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C., are leaving earlier than expected — and in style.

Since Russian airspace is closed to American carriers, the plane will take a different route to bring the pandas to China. The carrier will leave Dulles International Airport in Virginia and land in Alaska to refuel before arriving at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in western China. They will be well entertained and have been acclimated to their carriers months in advance, so they will be familiar with “all the sounds and smells,” Lally said.

"The whole reason we fly is so we can go back and offer them whatever they need — food, water, you name it," Lally said.

 

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