晴空中飞起丝路

晴空中飞起丝路

China Southern now has full fl ight-route coverage for relevant geographic regions in central areas of the “One Belt, One Road” initiative.

Recently, China Southern Airlines launched its Summer-Autumn fl ight schedule. The airline centred its schedule around the national “One Belt One Road” strategy to develop 36 new routes, 8 of which are international routes.

在“一带一路”的枢纽地区，通过近一年的布局，南航已实现了对相关地域的航线全覆盖。

今年，南航“空中丝路”将继续扩宽，沿线地区的开放和合作也将随之迅速走向深化。这条飞在阳光下的丝路，逐渐显现昔日海上和陆上丝绸之路的繁荣景象。

The Main Carrier of the “One Belt One Road”

“一带一路”主要承运人

In the past year or so, China Southern Airlines launched 179 new routes in 69 cities from 36 countries and regions of the “One Belt One Road” region, transporting a total of 4.745 million passengers (excluding those carried by Xiamen Airlines). Now China Southern has become the main carrier in the “One Belt One Road” area.

Recently, China Southern Airlines launched its Summer-Autumn fl ight schedule, compliant with the China's “One Belt One Road” strategy to develop 36 new services including eight international routes, such as Guangzhou-Phu Quoc Island, Shanghai-Osaka, Shanghai-Fukuoka, Guiyang-Seoul, and Changsha-Chiang Mai (peak season only). On April 26th, the airline resumed its Guangzhou-Kathmandu service. In addition, China Southern Airlines will invest more on its North American routes. Those fl ights on the European routes will use bigger planes during the peak season. China Southern will increase its capacities for its Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia services, and retains its role as the main carrier for passengers from China to Australia and New Zealand, with the number of weekly fl ights to and from Australasia approaching 60.

Explore the relevant Area

激活区域开放

During the 2016 Summer-Autumn Schedule season, China Southern Airlines will continue to develop the number of its domestic routes, focused on steadily expanding China's Western markets , with 82 services departing from Xinjiang, an increase up to 12.3% over last year, including 19 international and regional routes to destinations such as Dushanbe, Tehran and Baku. With a large route coverage coupled with dense fl ight frequencies, China Southern Airlines' Xinjiang inbound and outbound fl ights enjoy a full coverage in eight Middle and Western Asian countries, all China's capital cities and those fi rst and second-tier cities, forming an air hub within fi ve-hour Urumqi inbound and outboud fl ights.

Via its Urumqi Hub, China Southern is expanding its international services and cooperation to the “One Belt One Road” region to help promote the local areas. For instance, China Southern teamed up with the Gansu Provincial government to launch new routes such as Lanzhou-Urumqi-Dubai, Lanzhou-Urumqi, and Lanzhou-Urumqi-Saint Petersburg-Tbilisi, establishing an Air Express between the “One Belt One Road” cities and countries.

THE SKY FLYING SILK ROAD

Translations by Tao Wenjia Photos by CFP & Liu Yi & Lin Yuding