Air China to Launch Flights Between Chengdu and Sydney

Air China will launch flights between Chengdu and Sydney, Australia on 11 November 2016.

The Chengdu - Sydney service, CA429/30, will operate three times per week with outbound flights on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Sundays. Inbound flights will operate every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.

The outbound flight will take off from Chengdu at 22:55 local time and land in Sydney at 12:35 local time.

The inbound flight will take off from Sydney at 14:35 local time to arrive in Chengdu at 22:35 local time.

The airline will operate the route with Airbus A330-200 aircraft.

Recently, the number of Chinese tourists that have toured and vacationed in Australia has been on the rise. Statistics from Tourism Australia show that in April 2016, the number of Chinese tourists that came to Australia reached 97,200, rising by 32.6% over the previous year. Among cities in China's mainland, the Chengdu - Australia air traffic flow ranks fourth after Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. 

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