Sunday 26 June 2016

Air Guilin commences flights to Zhengzhou, Yangzhou, Tianjin and Yinchuan

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



Passengers travelling with Tigerair directly to Zhengzhou from 28 June 2016 will be glad to know that there is an onward scheduled flight from Zhengzhou to Guilin. Air Guilin, the latest member of HNA Group and Guilin-based subsidiary of Hainan Airlines, has commenced daily flights to Zhengzhou from Guilin since 25 June 2016. It will introduce scheduled flights to Yinchuan in August 2016, Tianjin, Yangzhou and Jinan in July 2016.

On 25 June 2016, Air Guilin flight GT1023 departs from Guilin for Zhengzhou at 7.55 am under moderate rain, arrives in Zhengzhou at 9.55 am before leaving Zhengzhou at 3.35 pm and touching down in Guilin at 5.30 pm under flight GT1024.

From 3 August 2016, Air Guilin's Zhengzhou flights will be adjusted to include outbound flights to Yinchuan.

On 3 August 2016, flight GT1023 is planned to depart from Guilin for Zhengzhou at 6.45 am, transits in Zhengzhou at 8.45 am before leaving Zhengzhou for Yinchuan at 9.50 am and arriving in Yinchuan at 11.25 am.

At 12.05 pm on 3 August, flight GT1024 leaves Yinchuan for Zhengzhou, transits in Zhengzhou at 1.35 pm for Zhengzhou-bound passengers to alight before taking off for Guilin at 2.20 pm and touching down in Guilin at 4.35 pm.

Air Guilin commences daily flights to Tianjin on 2 July 2016 whereas its inaugural flight to Yangzhou from Guilin takes place on 4 July 2016 and that Air Guilin's inaugural scheduled flight to Jinan is on 8 July 2016.

On 2 July 2016, Air Guilin flight GT1029 departs from Guilin for Tianjin at 6.40 pm, arrives in Tianjin at 9.10 pm before leaving Tianjin at 10.10 pm and arriving in Guilin at 12.50 am on 3 July under flight GT1030.

On 4 July 2016, flight GT1011 leaves Guilin for Yangzhou at 8.05 am, arrives in Yangzhou at 10.05 am before taking off for Guilin at 10.45 am and landing at the Guilin airport terminal at 1 pm under flight GT1012.

On 8 July 2016, flight GT1013 leaves Guilin for Jinan at 3.15 pm, arrives in Jinan at 5.35 pm before departing from Jinan for Guilin at 6.30 pm and landing in Guilin at 8.45 pm under flight GT1014.

All the above flights are operated by an Air Guilin's Airbus A319, which was transferred from the Haikou base of Beijing Capital Airlines.

Air Guilin is a joint-venture airline between Guilin Tourism Development Co (60 per cent stake) and Guilin Aviation Tourism Group (40 per cent stake), the latter created by HNA Group the parent company of Hainan Airlines and its 19 subsidiaries including Beijing Capital Airlines, Tianjin Airlines, Fuzhou Airlines, Guangxi Beibu Gulf Airlines, Urumqi Air, Yangtze River Airlines (formerly Yangtze River Express) and Air Changan. 

Air Guilin's logo comprises of a flowing ribbon below the stylized Elephant Hill with the slogan of Guilin in Chinese characters in it, and it is reputed to be the ugliest Chinese airline logo to date.



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