China Southern Airlines to boost Flights to Australia

China Southern Airlines is to increase flights from Australia to Guangzhou, China, under a new summer schedule, announced today.

From November, the airline will introduce a third weekly flight from Melbourne and a fifth weekly service from Sydney.

To meet peak Christmas / New Year demand, the airline is also adding a series of supplementary flights from Sydney, offering daily service in some weeks of December and January.

And with Australia’s southern states adopting daylight saving time from 31 October, 2005, until 31 March, 2006, China Southern will change its schedules during this period, departing Melbourne at 8.20am and Sydney at 10.50am - one hour later than at present.

Under the new schedule, China Southern will fly from Melbourne to Guangzhou, via Sydney, three days a week – the current Thursday and Sunday services and the new third weekly flight each Friday.

In addition to these services, the airline will operate two flights from Sydney to Guangzhou every Tuesday and Saturday, taking to five the number of China Southern departures from Australia each week.

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