Tuesday 19 January 2016

Update: Jiangxi Air launches scheduled flights to Xi'an, Urumqi, Haikou, Xiamen on 29 January 2016 after delays

Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
                   / KUCINTA SETIA
Distributed to All Press & Travel Professionals



Jiangxi Air, the Nanchang-based subsidiary of XiamenAir, has postponed its first aircraft's inaugural official scheduled revenue flight twice from 18 January 2016 to 27 January and from 27 January to 29 January 2016. Jiangxi Air did not explain why the first revenue flight of its first B737-800 aircraft was delayed twice. The original flight schedules are as follows:-

On 27 January 2016, Jiangxi Air's first B737-800 aircraft registered B-5511 will depart from Nanchang at 8.50 am for Xi'an, transit in Xi'an at 10.45 am before leaving Xi'an at 11.55 am for Urumqi and arriving in Urumqi at 3.35 pm under flight RY8939.

Later, flight RY8940 takes off from Urumqi at 5.05 pm for Nanchang, transits in Xi'an at 8.10 pm before leaving Xi'an at 9.25 pm and touching down in Nanchang at 11.15 pm.

In a related development, Jiangxi Air receives its second B737-800 registered B-5512 on 17 January 2016 and plans to launch an earlier scheduled flight from Nanchang to either Guiyang or Zhuhai on 27 January 2016. Nanchang aviation media could not provide the exact flight frequencies of Jiangxi Air's flights to Guiyang and Zhuhai but both aircraft operate scheduled flights from Nanchang everyday.

Flights to Guiyang from Nanchang are as follows: flight RY8781 departs for Guiyang at 8 am, arrives in Guiyang at 9.55 am before leaving Guiyang at 10.45 am and arriving in Nanchang at 12.15 pm under flight RY8782.

Flights to Zhuhai from Nanchang are as follows: flight RY8781 departs for Zhuhai at 8 am, arrives in Guiyang at 9.40 am before leaving Guiyang at 10.25 am and arriving in Nanchang at 12 pm under flight RY8782.

Guiyang and Zhuhai are not served daily by Jiangxi Air's flights.

B737-800 / B-5512 continues its second and third return flights later from Nanchang to Haikou and Xiamen. At 1 pm, it departs from Nanchang to Haikou under flight RY8811, arrives in Haikou at 3.05 pm before leaving Haikou at 3.50 pm and arriving in Nanchang at 6 pm under flight RY8812. Later at 7.40 pm, it leaves for Xiamen, arrives in Xiamen at 9.05 pm under flight RY8617 before taking off for Nanchang at 10 pm and returning to Nanchang at 11.25 pm under flight RY8618.

Jiangxi Air's third B737-800 aircraft registered B-5566 will join the fleet after China's week-long Lunar New Year Holidays which may see the aircraft launching flights to Beijing, Guangzhou and Chengdu. 

Jiangxi Air plans to expand its fleet to 20 aircraft by 2020 serving cities in China and will launch international flights to Hong Kong, Macau, Taipei, Singapore, Suvarnabhumi, Kuala Lumpur, Incheon and Tokyo gradually within the next five years. Its code RY is short for "Ruyi" (Mandarin for 'wishful', as in "如意吉祥", meaning 'auspicious'.).

Sayacinta - Airpost wishes everyone travelling with Jiangxi Air and other airlines in the Monkey Year auspicious bountiful journeys and accomplishments.


No comments:

Post a Comment