Tuesday, 11 September 2018

9 Air launches its first international flight on 2 October 2018

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





9 Air, Guangzhou's only low-cost airline, launches its first ever international scheduled flight on 2 October 2018. It departs from Guangzhou for Mandalay on this date using one of its 15 B737-800 aircraft.

On 2 October 2018, 9 Air flight AQ1001 departs from Guangzhou for Mandalay at 12.05 pm, arrives in Mandalay at 1.40 pm before leaving Mandalay for Guangzhou at 2.40 pm and touching down in Guangzhou at 6.55 pm under flight AQ1002.

9 Air departs for Mandalay from Guangzhou on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. To celebrate the launch of its international flight operations, 9 Air is promoting return air fare excluding taxes and surcharges from 9 Yuan on 9air.com to customers. The air fare costs 1700 Yuan after taxes and surcharges are added. The public can purchase Guangzhou-Mandalay-Guangzhou flight tickets from Ctrip, Trip, Tuniu, Meituan and other Chinese-based online ticketing platforms from 16 September 2018.

9 Air informs the media that its B737-800 to be operated on the Mandalay route has wider legroom than a typical A320 aircraft legroom. However, the overhead compartment can only store soft travel bags and backpacks up to 7 kg free weight allowance and maximum dimensions of 90 cm. Wheeled luggage and backpacks measuring more than 90 cm are not allowed to be stored in the overhead compartment. Passengers have to pay to check-in such baggage. 

9 Air has been operating scheduled domestic flights for 4 years. It starts its inaugural domestic flight from Guangzhou on 2 December 2014. The Guangzhou-Mandalay route sets the precedent for 9air international flight expansion. Following the new route to Mandalay, 9 Air hopes to launch scheduled flights from Guangzhou to Kalibo, Don Mueang, Danang and many Japanese airports in the year ahead.

Currently 9air's 15 B737-800 aircraft connect its bases in Guangzhou and Guiyang with Tianjin, Zhengzhou, Harbin, Urumqi and more than 40 cities in China. It expects to receive 5 more B737-800 aircraft by end of 2018 and aims to own up to 80 aircraft by 2025.

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