China Eastern Yunnan Airlines to Add Extra Flights for National Day Holiday
By Izzie Lin, China Aviation Daily | Sep. 15, 2011
China Eastern Yunnan Airlines announced that the company plans to add 110 flights to its schedule during the coming National Day Holiday "Golden Week" to meet passengers' demand for air travel.
The additional flights will operate domestic and international tourist routes with the largest passenger flow volume. Domestically, the airline will add 12 Kunming-Sanya flights, 10 Kunming-Changsha flights, and 2 Kunming-Chengdu flights. As for the carrier's routes within the Yunnan province, 8 flights will be added from Kunming to Tengchong, 6 from Kunming to Lijiang, and another 6 from Lijiang to Xishuangbanna.
The extra international flights mainly fly to the most popular travel destinations like Southeast Asia and South Asia, including 8 more Kunming-Phuket flights, 16 Kunming-Bangkok flights, 8 Kunming-Siem Reap flights, 4 Kunming-Surat Thani flights, 6 Kunming-Da Nang flights, and 6 MangShi-Mandalay flights.