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CHINA Southern Airlines has been granted three weekly London Heathrow slot pairs, and is set to commence operation on what it’s calling the “Canton Route” to London and Europe from Australia (TD 19 Sep). The move was announced on Saturday night at the Sydney Festival (co-sponsored by CZ) by the airline’s Executive Vice President He Zongkai who said he hoped the new air link would become as successful as the Kangaroo Route as a way for Aussies to travel to the UK. Mr He said CZ’s services ex-SYD, MEL, BNE and PER will connect with the new destination. “It will be faster and cheaper to fly with us to London,” he said in an exclusive interview with TD. “In addition, we will increase flight frequencies on our Guangzhou-Paris and Guangzhou-Amsterdam services to make Guangzhou an ideal transfer hub between Australia and Europe.” Mr He, who is leading a high-powered CZ delegation, took to the stage in the Domain to tell thousands of Festival-goers that he saw its support for the annual event as an important way to strengthen relations with NSW and to showcase his airline to the Australian people. China Southern had special tents set up with staff handing our brochures and CZ logo caps which were eagerly snapped up. Mr He said CZ has operated into Australia for more than 10 years with 35 weekly round-trip flights from Guangzhou “and we expect that by the end of 2015 we will operate more than 110 weekly services to Australia”. Shortly the CZ delegation in Sydney will be joined by the carrier’s President and CEO, Mr Tan Wangeng. Today Travel Daily TV is showcasing an exclusive new video highlighting Guangzhou and China Southern – click on the logo or see traveldaily.com.au/video |
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