Donghai Airlines launches Zhuhai=Mianyang=Lanzhou flights on 1 April 2025

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Donghai Airlines launches return flight from Zhuhai to Lanzhou via Mianyang on 1 April 2025.

On 1 April 2025, according to schedules, Donghai Airlines flight DZ6305 leaves Zhuhai for Lanzhou via Mianyang at 8.05 am, stops over in Mianyang at 10.35 am before taking off from Mianyang to Lanzhou at 11.35 am and touching down in Lanzhou at 12.55 pm.

At 2 pm, outbound flight DZ6306 departs from Lanzhou for Zhuhai via Mianyang, transits in Mianyang at 3.15 pm before leaving Mianyang for Zhuhai at 4 pm and arriving in Zhuhai at 6.30 pm.

Donghai Airlines flies from Zhuhai to Mianyang and Lanzhou on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays with its B737-800 aircraft.

Tibet Airlines launches flight to Changdu from Mianyang on 1 April 2025

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Tibet Airlines launches direct scheduled flight to Changdu from Mianyang on 1 April 2025.

On 1 April 2025, according to schedules, Tibet Airlines flight TV6004 departs from Mianyang for Changdu at 7.30 am, touches down in Changdu at 9.20 am before leaving Changdu for Mianyang at 10 am and arriving in Mianyang at 11.30 am under flight TV6003.

Tibet Airlines flies to Changdu from Mianyang on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays with its A319 aircraft. The new route is Tibet Airlines' eighth route to be operated from Mianyang. It operates other flights from Mianyang to Lhasa, Nyingchi, Shenzhen, Wenzhou, Nanning, Nanjing and Banna regularly. 

HK Express launches flight to Changzhou on 23 May 2025

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On 2 April 2025, HK Express announces that it is launching scheduled flight to Changzhou from Hong Kong on 23 May 2025.

On 23 May 2025, according to schedules, HK Express flight UO272 departs from Hong Kong for Changzhou at 5.45 pm, touches down in Changzhou at 8.05 pm before leaving Changzhou for Hong Kong at 8.50 pm and landing in Hong Kong at 11.10 pm under flight UO273.

HK Express flies to Changzhou on Fridays, Sundays and Wednesdays with A320 aircraft. 

With the addition of Changzhou, HK Express flies to five mainland Chinese destinations including Ningbo, Sanya, Daxing and Yiwu. The route to Yiwu is opened on 29 May 2025.

Myanmar National Airlines opens flights between Yangon and Mangshi

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It was learned from Dehong Mangshi International Airport that on 1 April 2025, the round-trip route from Mangshi, China to Yangon, Myanmar, which was interrupted by the strong earthquake in Myanmar, was resumed.

Affected by the 7.9-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar on 28 March 2025, the round-trip route from Mangshi, China to Yangon, Myanmar was interrupted.

In order to restore the air channel as soon as possible, the round-trip route from Mangshi, China to Yangon, Myanmar was resumed. The implementation time is from 1 April 2025 to 8 May 2025, and it will be operated by Myanmar National Airlines. The aircraft models are Boeing 737-800 and ATR, and they will fly every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Flight UB811 is from Yangon to Mangshi, and flight UB812 is from Mangshi to Yangon.

Mangshi is the capital of Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. It borders Myanmar and is an important gateway for China to South Asia and Southeast Asia.

HK Express launches flight to Yiwu on 29 May 2025

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On 31 March 2025, HK Express announces that it is launching exclusive scheduled flight from Hong Kong to Yiwu on 29 May 2025.

On 29 May 2025, according to schedules, HK Express flight UO212 departs from Hong Kong to Yiwu at 2.10 pm, touches down in Yiwu at 4.20 pm before leaving Yiwu for Hong Kong at 5.05 pm under flight UO213 and landing in Hong Kong at 7.35 pm.

HK Express flies to Yiwu on Thursdays, Saturdays and Mondays with its A320ceo aircraft.

Yiwu, founded in 222 BCE as the city of Wushang before renamed Yiwu in 624 CE, is a prefecture-level city located south of Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province. It is famous for its light industry commodity trade and vibrant market, is known as the "sock town" of China and it is a multi-religious, multi-racial city consisting of Chinese, Korean Muslim, Jewish and Christian populations. Yiwu is the ancestral town of singer Wang Leehom and Kuomintang leader Eric Chu.

Lao Airlines takes reception of its first Comac C909 on 30 March 2025

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On 30 March 2025, Lao Airlines announces on Facebook that the airline has received the key to operating its first Comac C909 at the Comac Delivery Center in China. The aircraft's delivery flight to Vientiane is scheduled to land in Vientiane at 2 pm on 31 March 2025.

Lao Airlines is the first external operator of Comac C909. The airline plans to introduce the aircraft on its domestic routes to Luang Prabang, Pakse, Savannakhet, among other airports in Laos, before commencing international flights in the future.

The Comac C909, which spots Lao Airlines' newest livery in blue and white, is the 12th aircraft in Lao Airlines' fleet.

Air Guilin launches flights to Xuzhou via Guilin, and from Haikou to Nanning on 30 March 2025

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Former Hainan Airlines subsidiary Air Guilin launches scheduled flights from Haikou to Xuzhou via Guilin and from Haikou to Nanning on 30 March 2025.

According to schedules, Air Guilin flight GT1131 departs from Haikou for Xuzhou via Guilin at 8 am on 30 March 2025, stops over in Guilin at 9.25 am before leaving Guilin for Xuzhou at 10.25 am and touching down in Xuzhou at 12.35 pm.

At 8.15 pm, flight GT1132 leaves Xuzhou for Haikou via Guilin, transits in Guilin at 10.35 pm before taking off from Guilin for Haikou at 11.30 pm and arriving in Haikou at 12.55 am the next day.

In addition, on 30 March 2025, Air Guilin flight GT1155 is scheduled to take off from Haikou for Nanning at 9.40 am, touches down in Nanning at 10.55 am before leaving Nanning for Haikou at 11.45 am and landing in Haikou at 12.50 pm under flight GT1156.

Air Guilin flies to Guilin, Xuzhou and Nanning from Haikou on Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays with its A320 aircraft that shows its former logo with the HNA logo sticker stripped off. 

The airline has recently changed its Guilin lake logo to the one showing the stylized Guilin lake and mountain on three stripes in red, green and blue representing passion, environmental sustainabiity and freedom to fly

Inflight Pictures : Shandong Airlines 737 MAX 8 during night time

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Hong Kong Airlines launches flight to Hulunbuir on 29 April 2025

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Hong Kong Airlines is launching a new route from Hong Kong to Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, on 29 April 2025, providing passengers from Hong Kong and surrounding areas with convenient direct services to Hulunbuir and a more efficient travel experience. The opening of this route will further strengthen the connectivity between Hong Kong and cities along the “Belt and Road”, and also inject new impetus into the economic, cultural and tourism cooperation between the two places.

According to schedules, Hong Kong Airlines flies once a week from 29 April 2025 to Hulunbuir, on Tuesdays, with flight HX463 departing from Hong Kong for Hulunbuir at 12.15 pm, touching down in Hulunbuir at 4.55 pm before leaving Hulunbuir for Hong Kong at 5.55 pm and arriving in Hong Kong under flight HX462 at 11 pm.

From 5 June 2025, the second flight weekly frequency takes place, subject to flight timing variations, on Thursdays.

Hong Kong Airlines flies to Hulunbuir with its A320 aircraft.

The airline is committed to providing passengers with more travel options and strategically adding destinations with development potential to the existing route network. It has successively launched a number of "Belt and Road" routes such as to Dunhuang, Xining, Vientiane, and Danang, playing an important role in further consolidating Hong Kong's status as an international aviation hub.

Inflight Pictures : Tianjin Airlines Embraer E190 in Haikou

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