China’s big three all announce new international service
By
Katie Cantle | February 18, 2011
China’s big three carriers accelerated the pace of their international expansion plans, citing the country's surging economic growth.
China Eastern Airlines announced Thursday it will launch eight-times-weekly (???) Airbus A340-300 Shanghai-Rome service on March 29. CEA Chairman Liu Shaoyong told
ATW last year that the carrier hopes to change the ratio of international to domestic revenue from 3:7 to 4:6 by 2015 (
ATW Daily News, Sept. 30, 2010).
Meanwhile, Air China said it will launch thrice-weekly Beijing-Dusseldorf service on March 27. DUS will be its third destination in Germany, joining Frankfurt and Munich.
Additionally, China Southern Airlines will start thrice-weekly Guangzhou-Auckland service on April 8. CZ international service accounts for 22% of the carrier’s total flights while domestic service accounts for 78%. The carrier is aiming to raise the ratio of international flights to 30% in the next two to three years.
http://atwonline.com/airports-route...e-all-announce-new-international-service-0217