China Southern Airlines to Fly Daily from Sydney

China Southern Airlines is to increase its Boeing 777 service between Australia and China from four per week to a daily service starting December 2, 2004.

The increase coincides with the fourth anniversary of the airline’s commencement of flights from Sydney to China, which began with three weekly services in December 2000.

Effective November 5th, China Southern will add a fifth weekly Boeing 777-200 flight from Sydney to Guangzhou, departing every Friday at 10:50 hrs (Eastern Australia Daylight Saving Time).

This will increase to a daily Sydney service starting December 2 for the remainder of the current schedule period, which ends March 26, 2005.

The airline’s Thursday and Sunday services from Australia will continue to originate in Melbourne, then via Sydney to Guangzhou, departing Melbourne at 08:20 hrs (Eastern Australia Daylight Saving Time).

All China Southern flights from Australia will arrive at the new Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport at 17:05 hrs (local time), connecting seamlessly with onward services to destinations throughout China, including Beijing and Shanghai.

China is becoming increasingly popular with Australian tourists, with significant growth occurring in both package holiday programs and independent leisure travel.

Business travel between Australia and China is also growing strongly, and Guangzhou offers not only a new and easy gateway to China but a major hub for onward travel to anywhere in the country plus an increasing number of European destinations, using China Southern’s growing fleet of brand new Boeing and Airbus airliners.

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