[Explanation] At 1 o'clock in the morning on September 21, a charter flight for resumption of school in the UK carrying 74 students from all over the country took off from Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport and set off for Manchester, UK.

This flight is the first international re-entry charter flight route implemented by a domestic airline since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic.

  The reporter saw in the international check-in island at Terminal 3 of Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport that the international students went through the check-in procedures in an orderly manner under the guidance of the staff.

Jiangbei International Airport arranges special personnel to guide and provide transit rest areas. It also provides free luggage storage, free luggage packing, free dining coupons, free transit accommodation and other services for international students who come to Chongqing.

  [Concurrent] Sichuan student Wang Xiaolan

  It was the first time I went abroad to study in the UK, and then I thought that our 2020 is the most difficult one, and then I felt that it was inconvenient in all aspects.

But the country also has our school, and Hainan Airlines has provided us with a lot of convenience. It has given us a peace of mind for this year of international students. It made us feel that although it is the most difficult one, we are the happiest one. One session.

  [Explanation] It is reported that the charter flights for international students returning from Chongqing to Manchester, UK will all be called by airline staff to contact students on the list provided by the school to buy tickets.

This time, the chartered flight will only carry international students, and tickets will not be sold through any external channels.

  [Concurrent] Liu Jichun, Vice President of Marketing, Hainan Airlines

  This flight is all our Chinese students going to the UK, and we did not participate in this crowd of other passengers.

Then this list of students comes entirely from the British schools we cooperated with. Based on the list of Chinese students they enrolled and who are going to return to school, they confirmed everyone’s travel time and wishes, and then handed it to us according to this list. Hainan Airlines, we at Hainan Airlines no longer do any external sales. We contact students one by one according to the student list provided to us by the school.

  [Explanation] In order to build a channel for Chinese students to return to school in the UK, Hainan Airlines actively responds to the joint charter flight needs of 23 universities including the University of Manchester and the University of Bolton in the UK. After approval by the Chinese and British authorities, it is planned to be from September 21 to November 15 , Execute more than 90 chartered flights for resumption of school, fly directly from Chongqing to Manchester and Bristol, UK, and send about 20,000 international students from all over the country to the UK to resume school.

  [Concurrent] Liu Jichun, Vice President of Marketing, Hainan Airlines

  Because of the opening time of this school in the UK, it lasts from September to the end of October to the beginning of November, so the corresponding flight of our Hainan Airlines is also in accordance with this time rhythm. The first flight from today will continue. By mid-to-early November, we will also combine the student's travel time requirements, try our best to cooperate and organize our flight plan.

  Zheng Yingcong and Xiao Jiangchuan report from Chongqing

Editor in charge: [Liu Xian]