Chinanews.com, Jan. 10, title: International passenger flights at Daxing Airport will officially resume on Jan. 17
Liu Wenwen, author of Sino-Singapore Finance and Economics
The reporter learned from Beijing Daxing International Airport on the 10th that Daxing Airport will officially resume international and regional passenger routes on January 17.
According to the unified deployment of epidemic prevention and control, starting from March 14, 2020, all international flights at Daxing Airport will be transferred to Capital Airport. So far, Daxing Airport has "suspended" international passenger flights for nearly three years and is about to press the "restart button".
On the morning of January 10, in order to comprehensively test and improve operational services, coordination and emergency response capabilities, Daxing Airport organized a comprehensive drill for the resumption of international passenger flights.
This drill included 3 aircraft, 160 simulated passengers, and 320 pieces of simulated luggage. A total of 36 units and more than 600 people participated in the drill, covering the processes of aircraft, passengers, luggage, cargo and information. Two emergency response subjects were designed to ensure Covering the whole process and all subjects, laying a solid foundation for the resumption of international flights at Daxing Airport.
From January 17th, China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Capital Airlines, Himalaya Airlines, etc. plan to resume international and regional passenger routes at Daxing Airport. The resumption routes include China Southern Airlines Beijing Daxing=Hong Kong route, which is planned to be 3 times a week; Himalaya Airlines Beijing The Daxing=Kathmandu route is scheduled to run once a week.
On January 18, Capital Airlines plans to open the Beijing Daxing = Male (Maldives) route.
In addition, China Eastern Airlines plans to resume the Beijing Daxing=Bangkok route in January.
At the same time, Daxing Airport resumed the international transit service and resumed the implementation of the 24-hour/144-hour Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei transit visa-free policy to facilitate efficient customs clearance for passengers.
The international passenger and cargo business is an indispensable key market for Daxing Airport to play a role in serving the national strategy, local development, passengers and airlines. The relevant person in charge of Daxing Airport said that it will focus on laying out hot spots in Europe, North America, Japan and South Korea with the airline company. For first-tier cities, continue to increase the coverage of Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand markets, focus on building high-frequency boutique routes and other advantageous international hub products of Daxing Airport, increase flight frequency for key routes in Europe, America, Japan and South Korea, and open more second- and third-tier international cities to attract transit passengers.
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