New three-city flight to boost holiday tourism

By Chen Si.

With the five-day May Day holiday approaching, Sanxia International Airport plans to launch a new route connecting Haikou, Yichang and Shijiazhuang starting from April 27.
 

Sanxia International Airport

The route will be operated by Beijing Capital Airlines and will run on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

Flight JD58010 departs Haikou at 6:25 am and arrives in Yichang at 8:45 am. It then departs Yichang at 9:30 am and arrives in Shijiazhuang at 12 pm.

Flight JD5802 departs Shijiazhuang at 1:00 pm, arrives at Yichang at 3:20 pm, departs Yichang at 4:05 pm and arrives in Haikou at 6:15 pm.

During the May Day holiday, Sanxia International Airport will serve 44 destinations across China and abroad.

Three to four round-trip flights per day will link Yichang directly with Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Kunming.

Two round-trip flights per day will connect Yichang with Guangzhou, Chengdu, Taiyuan and Guiyang.

Yichang will also have one round-trip flight per day to Urumqi, Qingdao, Taizhou and Xi'an.
 

Sanxia International Airport

In addition, Yichang will offer several flights to Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Seoul, and Singapore during the holidays.

·Bangkok: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday
·Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
·Hong Kong: Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday
·Seoul: Wednesday, Saturday
·Singapore: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday

Sanxia International Airport plans to operate 418 flights during the May Day holiday, expecting to serve 50,100 inbound and outbound passengers.

Zhang Na contributed to this story.