China Southern Airlines opens new route to Dubai
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-06-18 14:52

China's largest air carrier, China Southern Airlines, announced that it launched new Guangzhou-Beijing-Dubai service, starting from Thursday, the regional manager of the company in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said Friday.

The new Boeing 777B service, flight numbers CZ331/332, depart each Tuesday and Thursday from Guangzhou at 18:20, arriving at Beijing at 21:05, then departing from Beijing at 22"On the new route, the airline uses luxurious Boeing aircraft with powerful transportation capability and greatly shortens the time for passengers to fly from China to the Middle East and Africa, he added.

China Southern Airlines launched twice weekly flights on the Beijing-Urumqi-Sharjah route in 1996 and one weekly service on Beijing-Urumqi-Dubai in 2003. The brand-new Guangzhou-Beijing-Dubai service is the airline's third route to the Middle East, further enhancing the carrier's market share in the region.

With increasing trading exchanges between China, the Middle East and Africa, there is an increasing number of businessmen traveling on the route, Guan said.

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