China News Agency, Haikou, February 19 (Reporter Fu Yuqun) On February 19, as the "Phnom Penh-Haikou" flight K6914 landed at Haikou Meilan International Airport (hereinafter referred to as Meilan Airport), Hainan's international passenger routes officially resumed.
The Haikou-Phnom Penh route is operated by Cambodia National Airlines, using A320/A321 aircraft, with two flights a week on Wednesday and Sunday.
The inbound flight is K6914 and the outbound flight is K6915.
The picture shows the staff taking a group photo with the crew members of flight K6914.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Luo Yunfei
In the evening, the first group of tourists headed to Phnom Penh, Cambodia was ready to depart from Meilan Airport.
Li Yuankang, a tourist, said that he has signed up for an 8-day and 7-night tour group and is looking forward to his trip to Cambodia.
It is hoped that more international routes will be resumed in the future, so that people can experience local customs and customs around the world.
"This direct flight is very important to promote the communication and interaction between enterprises." Tang Qiongbiao, Director of Investment Promotion Department II of Haikou International Investment Promotion Bureau, said that with the help of the resumption of this flight, Haikou International Investment Promotion Bureau actively organized a business delegation to Cambodia Carry out investment promotion work, hoping to reach cooperation in aviation, tourism, international trade, food processing, cross-border e-commerce and other industrial projects.
The picture shows passengers queuing up for check-in at Terminal T2 of Haikou Meilan International Airport.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Luo Yunfei
Xing Xihong, vice president of Haikou Meilan Airport, said that the resumption of the "Haikou-Phnom Penh" route has pressed the "restart button" for the subsequent orderly and steady recovery of international passenger routes at Meilan Airport.
She said that Meilan Airport will resume the "Haikou-Bangkok" international passenger route on February 20.
In the next step, Meilan Airport will give priority to resuming the Southeast Asian routes with the greatest market demand before the epidemic, as well as Japan and South Korea routes such as Osaka and Seoul, gradually promote the resumption of intercontinental routes such as Australia and Russia, and further expand flight routes in Europe, West Asia and the Middle East.
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