US EUROPE AFRICA ASIA 中文
    China / Society

    China-US nonstops easing connections

    By Hezi Jiang in New York (China Daily) Updated: 2016-01-11 07:45

    The skies between China and the United States are getting busier.

    In 2015, 75 weekly nonstop flights were added between the two countries - up more than 30 percent from 2014 - and more are on the way.

    Six of the eight airlines that provide direct US-China services opened new routes in 2015, adding to their fast-growing schedules. Some even expanded service to China's second-tier cities.

    During the past peak season, there were 320 weekly flights, according to information provided by the airlines.

    The four largest Chinese airlines - Air China, China Eastern, China Southern and Hainan Airlines - expanded in the US market significantly in 2015.

    Leading China's "Big Four" with 55 weekly flights from Beijing to seven US cities, Air China started a new Beijing to Newark, New Jersey, route in October and increased the frequency of the Beijing-Los Angeles route to 21 flights a week.

    Hainan Airlines opened three new routes - Shanghai to Boston, Shanghai to Seattle, and Beijing to San Jose, California - becoming the first airline to fly nonstop from China to the heart of Silicon Valley.

    China Southern started a direct route in June between San Francisco and its hub, Guangzhou, after seeing strong demand for such flights via Wuhan, a second-tier city, since that route started in December 2014.

    China Eastern is the first airline to serve Nanjing, another second-tier Chinese city, with a new route from Chengdu to Los Angeles via Nanjing.

    Delta Air Lines, moving beyond its hubs in Seattle and Detroit since July, has operated daily flights from Los Angeles to Shanghai, one of the most popular routes. American Airlines added Dallas-to-Beijing flights and began to upgrade planes flying between the two countries to new Boeing 787s.

    Thirteen US airports currently have nonstop flights to seven Chinese cities. San Francisco is connected to six cities in China, Los Angeles to five, New York to four, and the rest to one or more among Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai.

    "The West Coast now has new routes to cities like Guangzhou, Chengdu, Wuhan and Nanjing," said Luo Linquan, the Chinese consul general in San Francisco. "The great weather in California makes it a well-liked travel destination all year long. Tourists fly into San Francisco to see the great schools and Silicon Valley. They go to Los Angeles for Hollywood and Disneyland."

    "One of the fruits of President Xi Jinping's state visit is the establishment of US-China Tourism Year. We will expand state-province collaborations to promote tourism," Luo said. "Tourism between China and the US will grow as the relationship between the two countries deepens. There's a lot of potential."

    He hopes to see more Chinese translators at airports, Chinese menus in restaurants and Chinese signs at tourist sites.

    United Airlines announced a plan to start a San Francisco to Xi'an route this year.

    China Eastern will add a Shanghai-Chicago route, and Hainan Airlines will fly nonstop from Changsha to Los Angeles, making it the first airline to connect Changsha with North America.

    China will add at least 200 international air routes by the end of next year, according to Li Jiaxiang, head of the Civil Aviation Administration of China. It currently has 663 international routes operated by domestic and foreign carriers, of which 369 were launched last year.

    China-US nonstops easing connections

    Highlights
    Hot Topics
    ...
    久久久久亚洲AV无码永不| 亚洲视频无码高清在线| 亚洲av无码一区二区三区在线播放 | 日本一区二区三区精品中文字幕| 无码少妇一区二区| 五月天中文字幕mv在线女婷婷五月| 黑人无码精品又粗又大又长| 亚洲成AV人片在线观看无码| 欧美日韩国产中文字幕| 亚洲精品欧美精品中文字幕| 精品亚洲成α人无码成α在线观看| 亚洲成AV人在线播放无码| 精品无码一区二区三区电影| 在线中文字幕一区| 亚洲精品中文字幕乱码三区| 无码丰满熟妇一区二区| 国产精品一区二区久久精品无码 | 亚洲av成人无码久久精品| 无码av高潮喷水无码专区线| 在线日韩中文字幕| 免费精品久久久久久中文字幕| 国产在线精品一区二区中文| 中文字幕无码久久人妻| 亚洲?v无码国产在丝袜线观看| 国产真人无码作爱免费视频| 潮喷失禁大喷水aⅴ无码| 免费A级毛片无码A∨中文字幕下载| 亚洲中文字幕久久精品无码APP| 中文字幕一区二区三区日韩精品| 精品人妻无码专区中文字幕| 日韩中文字幕在线观看| 国内精品久久久久久中文字幕| 久久99中文字幕久久| 日韩中文字幕在线不卡| 亚洲精品99久久久久中文字幕 | 开心久久婷婷综合中文字幕| 国产亚洲美日韩AV中文字幕无码成人| 久久亚洲精品中文字幕| 一本久中文视频播放| 白嫩少妇激情无码| 亚洲av无码成h人动漫无遮挡|