Sunday 28 October 2018

Shenzhen Airlines plans direct flight between Nanchang and Singapore by 1 January 2019

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



On 29 October 2018, The Straits Times in the report "More flights from Changi Airport as demand soars" states that Shenzhen Airlines and Shandong Airlines plan to launch new flights to Singapore Changi Airport. It is said that Shenzhen Airlines plans to launch non-stop flight from Nanchang to Singapore while Shandong Airlines plans to resume flight to Singapore from Jinan in December 2018.

Checks with Air China Singapore office, in charge of Air China, Shenzhen Airlines and Shandong Airlines ticketing and sales in Singapore, show that Shenzhen Airlines has plan to open new route from Nanchang to Singapore while the office does not have information on the resumption flight of Shandong Airlines.

According to Air China Singapore office ticketing staff, the first flight between Nanchang and Changi will commence on 1 January 2019. However, the relevant staff have yet to finalize the daily flight schedules and ticket pricing of the new route. Confirmed ticket prices and itineraries will be searchable on Air China Singapore web-site at www.airchina.sg in due course.

Shenzhen Airlines originally plans to commence flight between Nanning and Singapore in October 2018, according to CAAC. It currently operates flights between Shenzhen and Singapore daily.




Shandong Airlines has not announced the date of its Jinan - Singapore resumption flight, according to its web-site and Air China Singapore, as the application to CAAC on 29 September 2018 to resume the flight is still under processing and consideration.  

According to CAAC, the Jinan-based airline plans daily flights between Jinan and Singapore using B737-800 / B737NG /  MAX 8 aircraft in December 2018. According to Wikipedia, the Jinan-based airline plans to resume flight to Singapore in either late 2018 or in 2019. Therefore the first resumption flight may take place in 2019 since ticket pricing of the route is not released officially yet.

Besides Jinan - Singapore, Shandong Airlines has also plan to launch new flight from Chongqing to Jakarta in December 2018 and another route from Jinan to Manila. These routes are subject to regulatory approval.

Shandong Airlines first launched inaugural scheduled flight from Jinan to Singapore on 8 June 2004 but suspended the route within less than three years after. Currently, Scoot is the only airline that operates scheduled flights between Singapore and Jinan on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.



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