Hainan Airlines resumes commercial flight to Changi on 15 March 2023

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The reporter's search on Hainan Airlines' official web-site shows that the Chinese airline is resuming commercial passenger flight from Haikou to Changi on 15 March 2023 with its Boeing B737-800 aircraft.

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According to schedules, on 15 March 2023, Hainan Airlines flight HU747 departs from Haikou for Changi at 7.25 am, is expected to touch down in Changi Terminal 4 at 11.10 am before leaving Changi Terminal 4 for Haikou at 12.10 pm and arriving in Haikou at 3.40 pm under flight HU748.

The above timings are effective for travel with Hainan Airlines on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. The first Sunday flight of Hainan Airlines to Changi falls on 2 April 2023 while the first Friday flight of the airline to Changi falls on 7 April 2023, meaning from 2 April 2023, Hainan Airlines flies thrice weekly to Singapore while before 2 April 2023 in March it flies every Wednesday to Changi.

Beside the Singapore commercial resumption flight, Hainan Airlines has commenced international flights from Haikou to Hong Kong on 16 November 2022, to Suvarnabhumi on 20 February 2023,  flies daily from Haikou to Hong Kong from 26 March 2023 and resumes commercial flight from Sanya to Hong Kong on 28 February 2023. It also plans to resume flights to Macau from Haikou on 17 March 2023.

Flight codes of Hainan Airlines' international routes in Chinese

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Air Premia launches regular scheduled flight to Suvarnabhumi on 1 April 2023

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Air Premia launches regular scheduled flight from Incheon to Suvarnabhumi on 1 April 2023 with its 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft.

On 1 April 2023, Air Premia flight YP5623 departs from Incheon to Suvarnabhumi at 5.10 pm, touches down in Suvarnabhumi at 9.15 pm before leaving Suvarnabhumi for Incheon at 10.45 pm and arriving in Incheon at 5.50 am on 2 April 2023 under flight YP5624.

Air Premia flies to Suvarnabhumi on weekends, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Tickets are available for sale on Air Premia's official web-site.

Air Macau resumes scheduled flight to Changi on 23 March 2023

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The Image shot in Macau above shows Air Macau's A321, that operates Air Macau's first resumption flight to Changi on 23 March 2023 : Researcher's Picture

Air Macau has confirmed that that it is resuming non-stop scheduled flight from Macau to Changi on 23 March 2023 instead of on 25 March 2023. It operates flights to Changi three times a week, with its inaugural resumption flight on Thursday operated by its Airbus A321 and on the other days followed by its A320 aircraft.

According to schedules, on 23 March 2023 (Thursday), Air Macau flight NX908 departs from Macau for Changi at 9.20 am, touches down in Changi at 1.20 pm before leaving Changi Terminal 2 at 2.20 pm and arriving in Macau at 6.35 pm under flight NX907. These flight timings are effective for travel on Thursdays (beginning 23 March) and Saturdays (beginning 25 March).

The Image shot in Macau above shows Air Macau's A320, that operates Air Macau's remaining flights to Changi from 25 March 2023 : Researcher's Picture

On 28 March 2023 (Tuesday), flight NX908 takes off from Macau for Changi at 11.30 am instead, touches down in Changi at 3.30 pm before leaving Changi Terminal 2 for Macau at 4.30 pm and landing in Macau at 8.40 pm under flight NX907.

The flights on Saturdays, Tuesdays and Thursdays (beginning 30 March 2023) are operated by Air Macau's A320 aircraft.

Air Macau first launches its commercial flight to Changi before the pandemic in 2001 but suspended flights merely five years later. 

On 22 November 2011, it operates regular charter flights to Changi, resumes scheduled flight to Changi on 3 January 2011 and drops the service within another three years. 

During that time, Air Macau was testing the Macau-Singapore travel market. The airline's president of the executive committee Zheng Yan revealed to The Macao News, "In the beginning, we will try a regular charter, which is better for the airline to see whether this market is enough to support the route or not. In proper time, we will set up a schedule flight for this route".

The Macau-Singapore travel market has been dominated by Scoot for years before and during the pandemic and there is an increasing demand for Chinese tourists travelling to Singapore for Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccinations recently. 

The 23 March 2023 inaugural scheduled resumption flight of Air Macau proves the airline it is ripe to operate scheduled flights to Changi after all to further develop the Macau-Singapore travel market.

Tickets are available on Air Macau's web-site and major on-line ticketing platforms such as Ctrip, Skyscanner, Trip and VariFlight.

See also: https://kucinta-air.blogspot.com/2012/10/timeline-of-past-inaugural-flight-dates.html

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