China Eastern to commence Cairns services

[Andi O]

http://airlineroute.net/2012/07/09/mu-cns-w12/

[Jarden S]

China Eastern Airlines is planning to launch scheduled service on Shanghai Pu Dong – Cairns route, starting 30OCT12. As per GDS timetable and inventory display, service to be operated 3 times a week with Airbus A330-200 aircraft.

Reservation for this new flight is not available for the moment. Schedule:

MU731 PVG2100 – 0900+1CNS 332 246
MU732 CNS1100 – 1620PVG 332 357

[Danfeng Qian]

China Eastern applies to launch Beijing-Nanjing-Sydney from Oct 2012, 3 times a week with A330-300.
Hainan Airlines applies to launch Beijing-Chongqing-Sydney from July 2013, 4 times a week with A330.

Here is the link in Chinese, http://www.caac.gov.cn/C1/201207/t20120712_49867.html

[Danfeng Qian]

China’s CAAC has issued a statement regarding new route applications to Australia, by China Eastern and Hainan Airlines. Details:

China Eastern MU has applied 3 weekly A330-300 service on Beijing – Nanjing – Sydney, as early as October 2012
Hainan Airlines HU has applied 4 weekly A330 service on Beijing – Chongqing – Sydney, as early as July 2013

[Morris Biondi]

Is the Hainan service a different one to the one that is supposed to start in November from Shenzhen i believe, if my memory serves correctly?

[Stefan Perkas]

Morris,

If you referring to the one In this thread...http://www.yssyforum.net/board/showthread.php?p=74867&highlight=Hainan#post74867 then it appears it is a different routing to the one they have now applied for. I am not if reservations for the flights are open in the link I have have provided. Which means I am not sure if these flights are happening.

[lloyd fox]

Is the Hainan service a different one to the one that is supposed to start in November from Shenzhen i believe, if my memory serves correctly?

Yes it is a different Morris.

[Morris Biondi]

Ok, worst case scenario we will get 3 or 4 services per week, but hopefully 7 per week if both routings go ahead. Thanks guys.

[Brandon Giacomin]

Yes Hainan's service from Shenzhen is open for reservations. Times have had a small change, 0730 arrival and 0930 departure, still three flights per week.

[Shaal L]

it appears china eastern suspending cairns flight from aug 13 to at least OCT 31

it may resume from nov

[Jacob L]

Does Hainan still operate a service to SYD, apart from this new one

I was there 4 weeks ago and didn't notice any Hainan aircraft there

[Stefan Perkas]

Jacob,

Hainan don't operate to Sydney anymore. The ceased back in Feburary 2012. They were to re-start again but never did.

[Jacob L]

Thanks Stefan

I thought you would know

Cheers

Jacob