Chinese airlines increasing flights to US
9 months ago

Chinese airlines increasing flights to US

China Daily  

China Eastern Airlines, the first global customer of the homegrown passenger aircraft C919, receives the fifth C919 jetliner on March 2, 2024 morning in Shanghai. China Eastern will add two weekly flights from Shanghai to Los Angeles and one weekly flight from Shanghai to San Francisco. China Southern Airlines will introduce one new weekly flight from Guangzhou to Los Angeles, followed by the addition of two new weekly flights from Guangzhou to San Francisco on April 2. Air China is adding one additional weekly flight between Beijing and Los Angeles, as well as two extra weekly flights on the East Coast between New York and Beijing. "The flights from the East Coast of the US to China are very limited, totaling only six flights altogether," Air China New York office General Manager Wang Zhiyong told China Daily.

China Flights Airlines San Francisco Los Angeles Chinese Shanghai China Daily Wang Passenger Weekly Increasing Flight  flights  los  passenger  weekly  increasing  flight  travel  angeles  chinese  china  airlines

History of this topic

China's air-passenger transport hits record high in 2024
1 week ago

China's air-passenger transport hits record high in 2024

China Daily  

BEIJING -- Chinese airlines have recorded over 700 million passenger trips so far this year, marking a record high in the history of China's civil aviation development, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China on Monday. As of Sunday, the country's airlines reported a total of 700.48 million passenger trips since the start of the year, CAAC data showed. …

Qatar Airways flying high in China market
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Qatar Airways flying high in China market

China Daily  

Qatar Airways flying high in China market By ZHU WENQIAN China Daily Updated: Nov 28, 2024 A Qatar Airways aircraft lands at Shanghai Pudong International Airport in May. CHINA DAILY Doha-based Qatar Airways said Chinese travelers continue to exhibit strong demand for international travel, which contributed to its revenue growth, and the carrier is bullish on its growth potential in …

New Air Routes Set to Open for Start of Winter-Spring Season
1 month, 3 weeks ago

New Air Routes Set to Open for Start of Winter-Spring Season

China Daily  

China's civil aviation industry is preparing for a busy winter-spring season with increased international flights expected. The passenger flight network to Latin America and Africa is set to expand, with more flights also planned for North America. Airlines are adjusting routes by adding or resuming flights to meet rising demand.

New Air Routes Set to Open for Start of Winter-Spring Season
1 month, 3 weeks ago

New Air Routes Set to Open for Start of Winter-Spring Season

China Daily  

China's civil aviation industry is preparing for a busy winter-spring season with increased international flights expected. The passenger flight network to Latin America and Africa is set to expand, with more flights also planned for North America. Airlines are adjusting routes by adding or resuming flights to meet rising demand.

China Eastern Airlines launches direct flights to Russia's Kazan
3 months, 3 weeks ago

China Eastern Airlines launches direct flights to Russia's Kazan

China Daily  

Passengers can now traverse the distance in about 9.5 hours, according to China Eastern Airlines. China Eastern Airlines has announced the launch of direct flights connecting the bustling metropolis of Shanghai in East China to Kazan in Russia, starting on Sept 28. Previously, the journey took over 15 hours, but with the new direct route, passengers can now traverse the …

Air travel emerges from turbulence of pandemic
4 months, 1 week ago

Air travel emerges from turbulence of pandemic

China Daily  

A passenger from Fuzhou, Fujian province poses for a photo with greeters at the Kota Kinabalu International Airport, in the Malaysian state of Sabah, on June 27, when Xiamen Airlines resumed its Fuzhou-Kota Kinabalu route. The strong outbound travel demand has prompted more Chinese airlines to launch new direct flights and increase the frequencies of current flights to Japanese cities, …

Summer peak season reaffirms surge in air travel industry's recovery
4 months, 1 week ago

Summer peak season reaffirms surge in air travel industry's recovery

China Daily  

Passengers check in at Fuzhou Changle International Airport on Jan 31, when the first direct international flight route between Fuzhou and Incheon Airport in Seoul, South Korea, was officially opened. WANG DONGMING/CHINA NEWS SERVICE Impact of conflict In addition to strong growth, a number of foreign carriers recently canceled their international flights that connect overseas cities with Chinese mainland cities …

Chinese airlines ramp up Europe routes to strengthen exchanges
5 months ago

Chinese airlines ramp up Europe routes to strengthen exchanges

China Daily  

A signboard of Juneyao Airlines is pictured at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport. BRUSSELS - Chinese airlines have been expanding their routes to the European continent this summer with the resumption and launch of more international routes amid governments' endeavors to facilitate bilateral trade and exchanges. Apart from the volume of bilateral trade, demand for business and travel, and favorable …

China-US tourism to fly high with stronger cooperation
6 months, 3 weeks ago

China-US tourism to fly high with stronger cooperation

China Daily  

A US tour operator takes photos with Chinese performers wearing ancient folk costumes at the Twelve Hours of Chang'an theme block that vividly reproduces urban life in the Tang Dynasty, this month. A total of 386,000 Chinese travelers visited New York City last year, about 35 percent of the number in 2019, before the pandemic, when the city welcomed 1.1 …

China-US tourism to fly high with stronger cooperation
6 months, 3 weeks ago

China-US tourism to fly high with stronger cooperation

China Daily  

A US tour operator takes photos with Chinese performers wearing ancient folk costumes at the Twelve Hours of Chang'an theme block that vividly reproduces urban life in the Tang Dynasty, this month. A total of 386,000 Chinese travelers visited New York City last year, about 35 percent of the number in 2019, before the pandemic, when the city welcomed 1.1 …

China-US tourism to fly high with stronger cooperation
6 months, 3 weeks ago

China-US tourism to fly high with stronger cooperation

China Daily  

A US tour operator takes photos with Chinese performers wearing ancient folk costumes at the Twelve Hours of Chang'an theme block that vividly reproduces urban life in the Tang Dynasty, this month. A total of 386,000 Chinese travelers visited New York City last year, about 35 percent of the number in 2019, before the pandemic, when the city welcomed 1.1 …

China-US tourism to fly high with stronger cooperation
6 months, 3 weeks ago

China-US tourism to fly high with stronger cooperation

China Daily  

A US tour operator takes photos with Chinese performers wearing ancient folk costumes at the Twelve Hours of Chang'an theme block that vividly reproduces urban life in the Tang Dynasty, this month. A total of 386,000 Chinese travelers visited New York City last year, about 35 percent of the number in 2019, before the pandemic, when the city welcomed 1.1 …

China-US tourism to fly high with stronger cooperation
6 months, 3 weeks ago

China-US tourism to fly high with stronger cooperation

China Daily  

A US tour operator takes photos with Chinese performers wearing ancient folk costumes at the Twelve Hours of Chang'an theme block that vividly reproduces urban life in the Tang Dynasty, this month. A total of 386,000 Chinese travelers visited New York City last year, about 35 percent of the number in 2019, before the pandemic, when the city welcomed 1.1 …

China-US tourism to fly high with stronger cooperation
6 months, 3 weeks ago

China-US tourism to fly high with stronger cooperation

China Daily  

A US tour operator takes photos with Chinese performers wearing ancient folk costumes at the Twelve Hours of Chang'an theme block that vividly reproduces urban life in the Tang Dynasty, this month. A total of 386,000 Chinese travelers visited New York City last year, about 35 percent of the number in 2019, before the pandemic, when the city welcomed 1.1 …

China-US tourism to fly high with stronger cooperation
6 months, 3 weeks ago

China-US tourism to fly high with stronger cooperation

China Daily  

By Yang Feiyue | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2024-05-30 07:48 A US tour operator takes photos with Chinese performers wearing ancient folk costumes at the Twelve Hours of Chang'an theme block that vividly reproduces urban life in the Tang Dynasty, this month. A total of 386,000 Chinese travelers visited New York City last year, about 35 percent of the number …

Nation facilitates int'l travel as demand rises
7 months ago

Nation facilitates int'l travel as demand rises

China Daily  

Skiers make the best of the patchy snow cover at the Adelboden resort in the Swiss Alps on Friday. "The resumption of flights between the two countries is a major contributor to the spike in Chinese tourist arrivals," said Shi Bang, director of the board at Switzerland-based LOTO Travel Agency AG. At present, international passenger flights link China with 70 …

Direct passenger flights between China and US to increase
9 months ago

Direct passenger flights between China and US to increase

China Daily  

More direct passenger flights between China and the United States will be operating since March 31, continuing recovery from the epidemic. Air China will increase the number of direct passenger flights between China and the US to 14 every week from 11 starting March 31. He also noted that since China starts the new civil aviation season on March 31, …

US business insiders find China's tourism market more attractive due to wider opening-up
1 year ago

US business insiders find China's tourism market more attractive due to wider opening-up

China Daily  

Tourists visit the Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, in Beijing, capital of China, Nov 29, 2023. LOS ANGELES -- US business insiders who attended a five-day travel industry event here have seen greater opportunities from China's tourism market in the near future as the country is introducing more opening-up measures on traveling, including new visa policies. China …

Airlines ready to spread their wings again
1 year, 4 months ago

Airlines ready to spread their wings again

China Daily  

Passengers wait to be checked in at Tianfu International Airport in Chengdu, Sichuan province, in March. CHINA DAILY International flights to make steady recovery from COVID-19 impacts In May, a woman from Beijing, surnamed Shang, traveled to San Francisco on her first trip to the United States in three years. Shang was a frequent global traveler before the pandemic, but …

Airlines ready to spread their wings again
1 year, 4 months ago

Airlines ready to spread their wings again

China Daily  

Passengers line up at the check-in counter for international flights operated by China Southern Airlines at Beijing Daxing International Airport in March. Last month, an economic work meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee called for an increase in the number of international flights in the second half of this year. As of Aug …

Airlines ready to spread their wings again
1 year, 4 months ago

Airlines ready to spread their wings again

China Daily  

Passengers wait to be checked in at Tianfu International Airport in Chengdu, Sichuan province, in March. CHINA DAILY International flights to make steady recovery from COVID-19 impacts In May, a woman from Beijing, surnamed Shang, traveled to San Francisco on her first trip to the United States in three years. Shang was a frequent global traveler before the pandemic, but …

China keen to restart direct flights to India
1 year, 8 months ago

China keen to restart direct flights to India

Live Mint  

China is keen to resume direct flights with India and negotiating on the matter in the next few months, according to people aware of the matter. China’s strict covid-19 travel restrictions also played an important role in closing off direct flights. We hope that direct flights between China and India will be resumed as soon as possible.” A query to …

Hong Kong airport’s passenger volume surges as China reopens
1 year, 10 months ago

Hong Kong airport’s passenger volume surges as China reopens

Hindustan Times  

The number of people passing through Hong Kong’s airport skyrocketed last month as travel restrictions eased and China reopened borders for the first time since the pandemic began. Hong Kong International Airport reported 2.1 million passengers in January, nearly 2,900% growth from the same period last year. FILE PHOTO: A passenger walks to the First Class counter of Cathay Pacific …

US suspends Chinese airline flights in COVID-19 dispute
2 years, 3 months ago

US suspends Chinese airline flights in COVID-19 dispute

Associated Press  

BEIJING — The U.S. government is suspending 26 flights by Chinese airlines from the United States to China in a dispute over anti-virus controls after Beijing suspended flights by American carriers. The Department of Transportation on Thursday complained Beijing violated an air travel agreement and treated airlines unfairly under a system that requires them to suspend flights if passengers test …

US suspends 26 Chinese flights in response to Beijing’s similar action
2 years, 3 months ago

US suspends 26 Chinese flights in response to Beijing’s similar action

Live Mint  

The United States Transportation Department in an order stated that the country has suspended 26 passenger flights operated by Chinese carriers. "We, therefore, conclude that the public interest now requires a further modification, effective immediately, of Order 2020-6-1, to limit Chinese carriers' scheduled services accordingly," the order said on Thursday. The Transportation Department said the Civil Aviation Authority of China …

U.S. suspends 26 flights on Chinese airlines — most out of L.A. — in COVID-19 dispute
2 years, 3 months ago

U.S. suspends 26 flights on Chinese airlines — most out of L.A. — in COVID-19 dispute

LA Times  

The U.S. government is suspending 26 flights by Chinese airlines from the U.S. to China — most of them out of Los Angeles — in a dispute over COVID-19 controls after Beijing suspended flights by American carriers. The Department of Transportation on Thursday complained that Beijing violated an air-travel agreement and treated airlines unfairly under a system that requires them …

China Slightly Eases Restriction on International Flights, Lets Airline Decide Passenger Capacity
3 years, 7 months ago

China Slightly Eases Restriction on International Flights, Lets Airline Decide Passenger Capacity

News 18  

China’s aviation regulator will slightly relax suspension rules on international flights due to COVID-19 as it seeks to facilitate more flexible capacity arrangement for airlines, it said on Wednesday. “The move is to better meet the needs of normalisation of China’s epidemic prevention and control efforts, and to facilitate capacity arrangements by airlines and travel plans by passengers on the …

Nation eyes full rebound of air travel
3 years, 11 months ago

Nation eyes full rebound of air travel

China Daily  

By ZHAO YIMENG and LUO WANGSHU| China Daily| Updated :2021-01-21 A view of the Airbus A320neo aircraft in Tianjin. The nation will step up measures to ensure efficient flight schedules for domestic and international airlines, upgrade China-US and China-Europe civil aviation cooperation and gradually loosen air travel policies in the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao. Thanks to …

Domestic travel set to surge over upcoming New Year holiday
4 years ago

Domestic travel set to surge over upcoming New Year holiday

China Daily  

A Chinese traveler splashes water that immediately turns into ice in the air in Hulun Buir, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. Bookings in December for tours that offer immersion experiences have surged by 320 percent compared with the previous month, the country's biggest online travel agency Trip.com Group reports. The New Year countdown at the People's Liberation Monument of …

Domestic travel set to surge over upcoming New Year holiday
4 years ago

Domestic travel set to surge over upcoming New Year holiday

China Daily  

A Chinese traveler splashes water that immediately turns into ice in the air in Hulun Buir, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. Bookings in December for tours that offer immersion experiences have surged by 320 percent compared with the previous month, the country's biggest online travel agency Trip.com Group reports. The New Year countdown at the People's Liberation Monument of …

Beijing to open international travel after six months, will allow flights from 8 countries
4 years, 3 months ago

Beijing to open international travel after six months, will allow flights from 8 countries

Firstpost  

Flights connecting Thailand, Cambodia and Pakistan in Asia; Greece, Denmark, Austria and Sweden in Europe, and Canada in North America — countries with relatively small numbers of imported cases — will resume Beijing: The Chinese capital is opening up to international travel after a gap of six months following the COVID-19 pandemic, with an official announcement saying that flights from …

China and U.S. to Allow Air Carriers to Double Flights Between Nations
4 years, 4 months ago

China and U.S. to Allow Air Carriers to Double Flights Between Nations

News 18  

China and the United States will each allow air carriers to double current flights to eight per week between the world's two largest economies, the U.S. Transportation Department said. The department said it will allow four Chinese passenger airlines currently flying to the United States to double flights to eight weekly round-trips, as China has agreed to allow U.S. carriers …

Frequency of China-US passenger flights will double
4 years, 4 months ago

Frequency of China-US passenger flights will double

China Daily  

A United Airlines passenger jet taxis at Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey, US, Dec 6, 2019. China has reached an agreement with the United States to double the number of passenger flights that each other's airlines can operate between the two countries from four to eight per week, according to China's civil aviation regulator. The two US carriers currently …

Flight schedules: One area where US-China relations are improving
4 years, 4 months ago

Flight schedules: One area where US-China relations are improving

Al Jazeera  

The two countries plan to double the number of flights between them as airlines slowly build back virus-hit schedules. China and the United States will each allow air carriers to double current flights to eight a week between the world’s two largest economies, the US Department of Transportation said on Tuesday. The department said it would allow four Chinese passenger …

How travelers are beating tough flight restrictions in covid-19 era
4 years, 4 months ago

How travelers are beating tough flight restrictions in covid-19 era

Live Mint  

Travel curbs and border restrictions are upending lives around the globe, with some people resorting to chartering planes on their own or paying many times the regular ticket price to get back to their jobs and homes. “So many people with families are separated, it’s so heart-breaking,” said Ariel Lee, a mother in Shanghai who administers a few Wechat groups …

Discover Related