Tuesday, 1 September 2015

CHINA: Xiamen Airlines Expanding International Network Dreamliner


After the launch of the Xiamen-Amsterdam line in July, the Chinese company Xiamen Airlines opens bookings now two new lines to Australia, Xiamen and Fuzhou-Sydney-Sydney.

The connection Fuzhou-Sydney will be inaugurated on 29 November, and Xiamen-linking Sydney on 5 December. Just as flights between its hub in Xiamen and Amsterdam, those to Australia will also be operated by Boeing 787 configured to accommodate 4 passengers in First Class, 18 in Business Class and 215 in Economy Class.

Departures from Fuzhou, provincial capital of Fujian, are scheduled Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday at 22:10 to arrive the next day 10:30, return flights leaving Sydney on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 12:00 and landed at 18:20. Departures from Xiamen, Fujian's economic capital, Wednesday and Saturday are scheduled to arrive at 22:30 the next day at 10:30, return flights taking off from Sydney Thursday and Sunday at 12:00 to land at 18:00.

air journal xiamen boeing 787 Dreamliner business affaires2 320x240 Xiamen Airlines développe son réseau international en Dreamliner With international connections and Xiemen Amsterdam-Xiamen-Sydney, the Chinese company will be able to link Europe to Australia via so its hub in Xiamen Boeing 787 Dreamliner -a new generation of long-haul offering comfort to passengers (noise reduction, higher ceilings, larger windows, controlled humidity, ambient light limiting the jetlag, etc.). Air Promotion Group (APG) , Which provides sales representation Xiamen Airlines in France, available for booking on GDS, from Paris-CDG Terminal 2E, a round-trip Paris-Sydney * via Amsterdam and Xiamen in Economic class promotional price of 1146 euros TTC (397 euros HT).

International expansion

xiamen boeing 787 Dreamliner 1 320x240 Xiamen Airlines développe son réseau international en Dreamliner Xiamen Airlines will not stop in Amsterdam and Sydney. It has quickly continue its international expansion, with new destinations announced in the fall: Paris, Los Angeles, New York, Detroit, Vancouver are envisaged. Its air network now has about fifty destinations in China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Macao. In Asia, it also raises Taiwan, Bangkok and Phuket, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Seoul and Jeju, Siem Reap, Manila, more Osaka, Shizuoka and Tokyo-Narita.

One major company China to operate an all-Boeing fleet, Xiamen Airlines currently operates a fleet of 110 single-aisle (737-700 and -800), six 757-200s and five of the six expected Dreamliner. Its order book still has five additional 737-800 thirty 737 MAX 8 and purchase intent for six Comac ARJ21-700. With the acquisition of modern aircraft, its fleet has an average age of 5.38 years.

Member of the Skyteam alliance since 2012, Xiamen Airlines was founded in 1984 and is owned 51% by China Southern Airlines. She herself owns subsidiaries Hebei Airlines, Jiangxi Airlines International Travel Agency and Hotel Management Corp. In 2014, Xiamen Airlines has recorded 338,700 flight hours, transported 18, 5 million passengers. It is the only Chinese civilian airline maintains its profitability for 28 consecutive years, almost since its inception. This is also the first Chinese company in terms of punctuality in the past three years.

* Paris-Amsterdam and Sydney via Xiamen. The Paris-Amsterdam section is provided by KLM Amsterdam-Xiamen and Xiamen-Sydney by Xiamen Airlines. Attention to the round, connecting to Xiamen is very long, a full day, but Xiamen Airlines offers the hotel to the airport. Allow a Chinese visa to leave the hotel and visit Xiamen, a coastal city clean and green. The possible opening of a Paris-Xiamen line certainly allow one and better connection to Australia for French travelers. A Nice-Xiamen line was considered but is no longer the order of the day.

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