The777Man From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 6087 posts, RR: 56 Reply 1, posted (2 years 5 months 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 4548 times:
Seems like a very odd route; would there really be enough traffic from PVG to SPN ?
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Coal From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 1627 posts, RR: 6 Reply 2, posted (2 years 5 months 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 4358 times:
Indeed a very odd routing, but I would imagine they want to open up the Northern Mariana Islands as a more upmarket holiday destination for Chinese tourist than, say, Hainan.
Also odd because Sichuan Airlines is small compared to CA, MU/FM, CZ, and HU, and their hubs are at CTU and CKG.
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LAXintl From United States of America, joined May 2000, 22057 posts, RR: 51 Reply 3, posted (2 years 5 months 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 4161 times:
Well the Chinese middle class is booming combined with the governments policy of liberalizing overseas travel so I suppose beach destinations like Saipan could be attractive. The Chinese simply following in the footsteps of the Japanese and Koreans I guess.
BMI727 From United States of America, joined Feb 2009, 14348 posts, RR: 26 Reply 4, posted (2 years 5 months 3 days ago) and read 3931 times:
Quoting Coal (Reply 2): Indeed a very odd routing, but I would imagine they want to open up the Northern Mariana Islands as a more upmarket holiday destination for Chinese tourist than, say, Hainan.
According to Wikipedia, there is already seasonal service to Saipan by China Southern from CAN and Shanghai Airlines from PVG.
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BNAOWB From United States of America, joined Dec 2009, 350 posts, RR: 1 Reply 5, posted (2 years 5 months 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 2808 times:
Quoting LAXintl (Reply 3): Well the Chinese middle class is booming combined with the governments policy of liberalizing overseas travel so I suppose beach destinations like Saipan could be attractive.
Perhaps the idea of traveling to U.S. territory holds a small degree of novelty for some newly-middle class Chinese?
For example, when the Cuba travel ban is lifted, many Americans will be intrigued by the newness of being able to travel to a previously "off limits" destination.
CXA330300 From South Africa, joined May 2004, 1500 posts, RR: 1 Reply 6, posted (2 years 5 months 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 2228 times:
Saipan has the warm-and-exotic appeal that makes it an attractive destination-and is, as mentioned earlier, probably more attractive than Hainan for certain travellers. It's also probably easier to get a visa to go to Saipan, since SPN isn't exactly an illegal immigration hotspot.
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