Fuzhou

Top Asian beach resorts get first direct link Where? Sanya (China) to U-Tapao (Thailand) When? Three times a week, effective immediately Who? Hainan Airlines Why? Providing the first ever direct connection between Sanya, China’s top beach resort, and Pattaya (pictured), the popular Thai tourist town Anything else? U-Tapao was a base for US Air Force’s […]

New Macau charters for Cambodia Angkor Air Where? Sihanoukville (Cambodia) to Macau (China) When? Twice a week, effective immediately Who? Cambodia Angkor Air Why? New charter service to tap Chinese demand for Cambodian beach holidays Anything else? When President Airlines’ Antonov 24 landed at Sihanoukville Airport in 2004 it was the first commercial aircraft to […]

Another direct Chinese connection between Bali and China Where? Fuzhou (China) to Denpasar (Indonesia) When? Daily, effective 26 March 2017 Who? Xiamen Airlines Why? Fujian province’s fast-expanding airline taps soaring demand for Chinese travel to Bali Anything else? Bali is one of a series of new Southeast Asian destinations being launched by Xiamen Airlines this […]

The city of Fuzhou in southeast China is now connected to New York following the launch of a new trans-Pacific air route this week. On Wednesday 15 February 2017 at 0915, Xiamen Airlines flight MF849 took off from Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian province, for the first time, bound for New York’s JFK Airport. The […]