China News Service, January 17th, title: International and regional flights at Daxing Airport officially resumed, and the first flight from Daxing to Hong Kong took off smoothly
Liu Wenwen, author of Sino-Singapore Finance and Economics
The reporter learned from Beijing Daxing International Airport that at 9:00 on January 17, China Southern Airlines’ outbound flight CZ309 from Beijing Daxing to Hong Kong was launched smoothly. The flight officially resumed.
With the resumption of international and regional flights at Daxing Airport, Concourse E of Daxing Airport welcomed the first batch of passengers after the resumption of international and regional passenger flights.
Airlines such as China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Capital Airlines, and Himalaya Airlines plan to resume international and regional passenger routes at Daxing Airport.
On the same day, China Southern Airlines officially resumed the Beijing Daxing-Hong Kong passenger route, with three round trips per week, and Airbus 321 aircraft on January, February and April.
The outbound flight departs at 09:00 and arrives in Hong Kong at 12:30, the return flight departs at 13:50 and arrives at Beijing Daxing International Airport at 17:30.
At present, China Southern Airlines is actively promoting the resumption of flights from Beijing Daxing to Seoul Gimpo and Seoul Incheon.
In terms of long-term international routes, Beijing Daxing-Amsterdam and Istanbul routes are being actively promoted. The resumption of the above-mentioned flights is expected to resume in the summer and autumn seasons of 2023.
On the first day when Daxing International Airport resumed international flight operations, Himalaya Airlines became the first overseas airline to resume flights at Daxing Airport, officially resuming direct flights between the capitals of China and Nepal.
Zhou Enyong, President of Himalaya Airlines, said: "This route is the fastest and most convenient passage between the capitals of the two countries. It is the air express line from northern China to Nepal. The resumption of the flight will greatly facilitate the economic, trade and cultural exchanges between the two countries. .”
An Yongsheng, general manager of Himalaya Airlines in China, revealed that Xiairi will gradually resume flights from Kathmandu to Chongqing, Shenzhen, Guiyang, Changsha and other cities, and is actively planning to open a new direct route from Lhasa to Kathmandu.
In addition, Capital Airlines initially plans to open the Beijing Daxing-Male (Maldives) route on January 18, and China Eastern Airlines also plans to resume the Beijing Daxing-Bangkok route in the near future.
It is reported that Daxing Airport resumed the international transit service at the same time. At the same time, it resumed the implementation of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei 144-hour transit visa-free policy to facilitate the rapid customs clearance of transit passengers and effectively promote tourism and economic development in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
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