Shenzhen Airlines launches A330-300 flight to Changi on 11 February 2023

 Report, images by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA

During its tenth year of office presence in Singapore, Shenzhen Airlines launches Airbus A330-300 flight from Shenzhen to Changi on 11 February 2023. Below are the inflight pictures.

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On 11 February 2023, Shenzhen Airlines flight ZH9023 departed from Shenzhen for Changi at 12.59 pm (scheduled time 12.50 pm), touched down in Changi at 4.27 pm (scheduled time 4.50 pm) before leaving Changi for Shenzhen at 6.46 pm (scheduled time 6.20 pm) under flight ZH9024.

Timeline of Shenzhen Airlines in Singapore and Shenzhen Airlines' Fleet for the past 10 years (2012-2023)

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Shenzhen Airlines first initiates direct flight to Changi from Shenzhen on 28 October 2012 before introducing onward flight to Jinan from Changi on 27 October 2013. On 23 September 2016, it starts operating flight to Guangzhou and on 1 January 2019, it launches non-stop flight to Nanchang from Changi. These flights were suspended in February 2020 during the pandemic until Shenzhen Airlines resumes operations from Shenzhen to Changi in November 2022 intially with B737-800 aircraft.

On 21 February 2023, it introduces A320 Tuesday flight to Changi while the Saturday flights are operated by A330-300 aircraft.

Shenzhen Airlines has 6 Airbus A330-300 jets, of which one is first put on service to London Heathrow, as well as 76 A320-200 jets, 27 A320neo jets, 1 A321neo aircraft, 76 B737-800 jets, 2 B737-900 aircraft. It will replace its older B737-800 and A320 jets with 5 existing 737 MAX 8 aircraft with an extra order for 25 737 MAX 8 aircraft.