Chengdu-Melbourne and Chengdu-Frankfurt Direct Flights Opening Soon Go back »
2013-01-31 | Southwest China
On 25th Jan, Sichuan Airlines announced to commence the first West China to Melbourne direct flight on 28th Feb. Using Airbus A330, the carrier will open thrice-weekly flights on Monday, Thursday and Saturday,and give a special offer of RMB660 (tax &fee excluded) for round trips to its customers for the promotional period.
Meanwhile, Air China revealed that the company is planning to launch Chengdu-Frankfurt nonstop service on 19th May. The new service will be operated with Airbus A330-200 every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. The opening of new route will make Chengdu the third city in Mainland China with direct air links to Frankfurt after Beijing and Shanghai. Besides the existing Chengdu-Amsterdam air route, there will be 3 more direct air routes from Chengdu to Europe within the year: Chengdu-Frankfurt, Chengdu-Paris and Chengdu-London.
Source: CHENGDU MUNICIPAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION COMMISSION