HKGKaiTak From Australia, joined Jun 2005, 1050 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (7 years 10 months 3 weeks 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 3535 times:
Quoting Supa7E7 (Reply 2): I would think Chongqing or Shenzhen would be tops, with Chengdu coming in a decade or so
Shenzhen? I would imagine it is too close to both CAN and HKG to need any direct flights to Europe.
What about north-eastern China like Harbin?
Let's not forget Chinese tend to return home for business and visit relatives quite a lot, so wherever there's a high overseas Chinese population, there'll probably be demand for a direct flight to China and of course the people's home cities.
NYCA330 From United States of America, joined Mar 2005, 124 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (7 years 10 months 3 weeks 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 3418 times:
HB-IWC From Greece, joined Sep 2000, 4414 posts, RR: 76 Reply 7, posted (7 years 10 months 3 weeks 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 3358 times:
Lufthansa and Austrian are actively looking for additional destinations in China. I think Xiamen has explicitly been mentioned. I would imagine that other European carriers, for sure AF/KL, are keeping their eyes open as well.
Icarus75 From France, joined Oct 2003, 765 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (7 years 10 months 3 weeks 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 3289 times:
I've been several times to Chengdu in the past years and, seeing the growing number of business there with european companies, I think it will be the next chinese town linked non-stop to Europe.
Dalavia From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 397 posts, RR: 1 Reply 10, posted (7 years 10 months 3 weeks 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 3241 times:
Adding to the list, Urumqi (China) is already linked to Moscow (Europe).
Johnnybgoode From Germany, joined Jan 2001, 2187 posts, RR: 7 Reply 11, posted (7 years 10 months 3 weeks 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 3226 times:
i heard Chengdu for LH as well. and some other city. i would not count out direct services to SZX in the future. despite its promixity to both HKG and CAN, the city lies in the Pearl-River-Delta which is probably the fastest economically growing region in the world, with 19% GDP growth p.a.
SZX has got an international airport and serves many cargo airlines. Lufthansa Cargo is involved in a Chinese start-up joint venture called Jade Cargo which will start serving some Asian markets from SZX. the start was pushed back till fall, i think, due to some issues with aircraft ownership IIRC.
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KEno From Malaysia, joined Feb 2004, 1841 posts, RR: 31 Reply 12, posted (7 years 10 months 3 weeks 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 3149 times:
I highly doubt that Tianjin is in the high priority list. To get a rough idea what the next Chinese city could, try looking at the cities SQ, MH & MI are flying now (i.e. medium-range sectors) and Tianjin is not one of them.
My money is on Chengdu or Xiamen.
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Quoting ANstar (Reply 6): The ferry from shenzhen to HKIA is under an hour, so I doubt Shenzhen will get direct flights. Does it even have an international airport?
Yes, it's very close, I flew PEK-SZX when I was going to Hong Kong and took the ferry. But the problem is, SZX and Hong Kong are on different "visa zones" and there are customs and immigration in between them. People usually don't like to clear them twice, if there is possibility to do it only once.
Singapore Airlines if flying to both HKG and SZX, by the way. (Yes, it's not a long-haul flight but still.)
Quoting VORFMD (Reply 8): Austrian is looking into Services from Vienna to Chengdu.
This is getting interesting! Maybe the next city in fact will be Chengdu.
Quoting Dalavia (Reply 10): Adding to the list, Urumqi (China) is already linked to Moscow (Europe).
Really? I couldn't find the flight on OAG even though it should include all the airlines. I have to check the Aeroflot timetable I have back home.
Dalavia From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 397 posts, RR: 1 Reply 16, posted (7 years 10 months 3 weeks 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 3035 times:
According to the website http://travel.airwise.com/schedules/, there is a current (July 2005) bi-weekly flight Urumqi - Moscow (Sheremetyevo) with China Southern Airlines (who took over the China Xinjiang Airlines flight that used to exist). The flight CZ6001 leaves Urumqi every Wednesday and Sunday at 6:55pm, arriving at Sheremetyevo at 7:55pm after a 5 hour non-stop flight. The plane is a 752.
My old OAG from 2002 shows the flight as weekly with China Xinjiang Airlines, flight XO701, also with a 752, but 8:40pm to 20:25pm.
I agree that Shenzhen is the next likely city to get flight to/from Europe. It may be close to CAN and HKG, but it has a major economic life of its own, and average annual growth has exceeded 20% for each of the past 20 years or so.
UpperDeck79 From Finland, joined Feb 2005, 1139 posts, RR: 2 Reply 17, posted (7 years 10 months 3 weeks 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 2999 times:
Quoting MAH4546 (Reply 15):
Urumqi has no Moscow service, but it does have service to Novosibirsk, in Russia.
And Novosibirsk is in the Asian part of Russia, not in Europe.
Quoting Dalavia (Reply 16): According to the website http://travel.airwise.com/schedules/, there is a current (July 2005) bi-weekly flight Urumqi - Moscow (Sheremetyevo) with China Southern Airlines (who took over the China Xinjiang Airlines flight that used to exist). The flight CZ6001 leaves Urumqi every Wednesday and Sunday at 6:55pm, arriving at Sheremetyevo at 7:55pm after a 5 hour non-stop flight. The plane is a 752.
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