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The following is the latest summary of 26 Mainland Chinese carrier’s planned international and regional operation, between 15MAY23 and 28OCT23, as of 14MAY23 OAG schedules listing. Further changes to this list remain possible, as individual carriers continue to add new routes or resuming service cancelled due to the pandemic. Planned frequency, aircraft and effective dates remain fluid.
Air China Group in Northern summer 2023 schedules various domestic sectors addition, including service operated by Shandong Airlines and Shenzhen Airlines.
The following list covers Mainland Chinese carrier’s service between Mainland China and Japan, between 01AUG23 and 28OCT23, based on OAG schedules listing as of 30JUL23.
Mainland Chinese carriers this week gradually updated planned service to the US, for the remainder of Northern summer 2023 season.
Air China this week continues to file service changes to Europe and Oceania for Northern summer 2024 season.
Star Alliance member Air China last week filed updated schedule for its South Africa service, as the airline returns to pre-pandemic operations. From 26MAR23, the carrier will consolidate service to Beijing Capital – Shenzhen – Johannesburg routing, operating 3 times weekly. Upon returning to pre-pandemic frequencies, the Air China will be operating Airbus A350-900XWB aircraft, instead of Boeing 777-300ER.
Air China this week revised planned service increase on selected long-haul routes for Northern summer 2023 season. As of 28FEB23, planned service increase are now scheduled from May 2023 at earliest, 5 weeks later than initially filed.
Star Alliance member Air China as of Wednesday 27SEP23 gradually updated planned US service for Northern winter 2023/24 season, after securing approval from the US Department of Transportation. The new season will see the carrier resumes passenger service to San Francisco, while New York JFK service to operate via Los Angeles on inbound flight, instead of nonstop: Beijing Capital – Los Angeles 2 weekly 777-300ER, Beijing Capital – New York JFK 3 weekly 777-300ER (Inbound will operate via Los Angeles instead of nonstop), Beijing Capital – San Francisco 2 weekly 777-300ER from 01NOV23 and Shenzhen – Los Angeles 1 weekly 777-300ER.
Air China in the last few days extended Beijing Capital – New York JFK service into October 2023, where it continues to operate 1 weekly flight with Boeing 747-8I aircraft.
Star Alliance member Air China in the first quarter of 2024 plans to resume Boeing 747-8I aircraft operations to New York JFK, reflected in the reservation system on Tuesday 28NOV23. The 747-8I will operate 3 weekly Beijing Capital – New York JFK flights, replacing 777-300ER, from 01JAN24.
Air China since last week resumed service on Beijing Capital – San Francisco route, with Boeing 777-300ER operated first flight on 01NOV23. The Star Alliance will operate 2 weekly flights during Northern winter 2023/24 season, however operational aircraft has changed to Boeing 747-8I since 04NOV23, currently scheduled until 18NOV23.
Air China yesterday (09NOV23) opened reservation for service to Washington, as the Star Alliance carrier plans to resume Beijing Capital – Washington Dulles route on 21NOV23. Boeing 777-300ER aircraft to operate 2 weekly flights, with westbound service operating via Los Angeles.
Air China yesterday (11JAN24) extended reservations for Beijing Capital – Washington Dulles service to late-June 2024, as the carrier continues to offer 2 weekly flights between 31MAR24 and 29JUN24, on board Boeing 777-300ER aircraft.
Star Alliance member Air China this week extended schedule listing for Beijing Capital – Washington Dulles route. Reservation for the 2 weekly flights, including intermediate stop in Los Angeles on Westbound flight, is now available until 26OCT24, instead of 30JUN24.
Star Alliance member Air China in February 2023 plans to resume service to Australia, as it schedules Airbus A330-300 service to Melbourne and Sydney, each served 3 times weekly.
Air China in recent schedule update filed expanded Airbus A350-900XWB aircraft service on long-haul routes.
Air China this week filed service adjustment to Oceania for Northern winter 2023/24 season, effective 29OCT23.
Air China this week filed planned European service expansion, as the airline schedules frequency increase to Barcelona, Copenhagen and Vienna for Northern summer 2024 season.
Beijing Capital – Barcelona eff 31MAR24 Increase from 3 to 7 weekly, A330-300,
Beijing Capital – Copenhagen eff 02APR24 Increase from 3 to 5 weekly, A350-900XWB,
Beijing Capital – Istanbul eff 31MAR24 3 weekly A330-200 service maintained, opened for reservation since last week,
Beijing Capital – Vienna eff 01APR24 Increase from 3 to 5 weekly, A350-900XWB.
Air China in Northern summer 2024 season plans further service expansion on Beijing Capital – Vienna route. Previously reported on AeroRoutes, the carrier is increasing service from 3 to 5 weekly from 31MAR24. This will be further expanded to 7 weekly, effective 03JUL24.
Star Alliance member Air China in recent schedule update revised planned frequency restoration to Belarus. The Chinese flag carrier previously planned to resume 2nd weekly Beijing Capital – Minsk route from 03MAR23, however this has been postponed to 17APR23 at earliest.
Star Alliance member Air China has filed capacity increase for Belarus service, where it currently operates A330-200 aircraft on Beijing Capital – Minsk route. From 16JUN23 to 28JUL23 (except 19JUN23 and 21JUL23), the two weekly flights will be operated by A330-300 aircraft.
Air China this week launched additional service to the United Arab Emirates, as the airline inaugurated Hangzhou – Dubai service on 10SEP23.
Air China in the first quarter of 2024 temporarily adjusts operational aircraft changes on Beijing Capital – Dubai route, where it schedules Boeing 777-300ER aircraft from 20JAN24 to 07FEB24, instead of 787-9 Dreamliner.
Air China in March 2024 plans to resume Hangzhou – Dubai service, after 4-month hiatus. The Star Alliance member will offer 3 weekly flights from 01MAR24 with Airbus A330-300 aircraft.
Air China earlier this month accelerated planned service resumption on Hangzhou – Dubai route. Previously scheduled to resume on 01MAR24, the Star Alliance member will resume this route on 30JAN24, with Airbus A330-300 aircraft.
Air China from July 2023 plans to introduce new international route from Chengdu, where the airline schedules Chengdu Tianfu – Manila route. From 02JUL23, Airbus A320neo aircraft to operate this route 3 times weekly.
Air China in last week’s schedule update filed latest Boeing 737 MAX 8 international routes addition, for the month of June and July 2023. Latest 737 MAX international service additions as of 11JUN23 as follows: Beijing Capital – Kuala Lumpur eff 04JUL23 3 weekly (replacing A330-300) and Beijing Capital – Xi’An – Astana eff 09JUN23 2 weekly (replacing A320), The airline’s 737 MAX 8 international network also includes: Beijing Capital – Manila 3 weekly and Beijing Capital – Phuket 1 daily.
Air China from late-June 2023 plans to resume Beijing Capital – Budapest service, after 3-month hiatus. The Star Alliance member plans to operate 2 weekly flights with Airbus A330-200 aircraft, between 19JUN23 and 28OCT23. It already operates 1 weekly Chongqing – Budapest service with A330-300.
Air China during Northern winter 2023/24 season plans aircraft changes for service to Budapest, including from both Beijing Capital and Chongqing.
Air China during the month of December 2023 is adjusting service on Chongqing – Budapest route, as the airline once again suspends service for 2-week period, from 01DEC23 to 19DEC23.
Air China as of 10JAN24 continues schedule update for Northern summer 2024 season on international routes, featuring additional frequency increases to Europe, including Athens and Budapest.
Beijing Capital – Athens eff 01APR24 Increase from 3 to 5 weekly, A330-200,
Beijing Capital – Budapest eff 04APR24 Increase from 2 to 3 weekly, 787-9.
At the launch of Northern summer 2023 season, all international/regional service to/from Chengdu will shift from Chengdu Shuangliu (成都双流; CTU) to Chengdu Tianfu (成都天府; TFU), with the exception of Vietnam Airlines, as it continues to list service to/from Shuangliu (CTU) from Da Nang, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
Star Alliance member Air China in Northern summer 2023 season plans to resume Beijing Capital – Rome Fiumicino service, scheduled as 4 times weekly from 27MAR23.
Air China (CA): Beijing Capital – Nagoya eff 19MAY23 2 weekly 737-800, Beijing Capital – Osaka Kansai 1 daily A330-200 (A321 08MAY23 – 20MAY23), Beijing Capital – Tokyo Haneda 1 daily A321, Beijing Capital – Tokyo Narita 4 weekly A330-300 (3 of 4 weekly by A321 11MAY23 – 20MAY23), Hangzhou – Osaka Kansai 1 daily A320 (A321 from 01JUN23), Hangzhou – Tokyo Narita 3 weekly A321, Shanghai Pu Dong – Osaka Kansai 1 daily A321, Shanghai Pu Dong – Tokyo Narita 1 daily A321/330-200 (A330-200 only from 21MAY23).
Air China from late-December 2023 plans to resume Beijing Capital – Okinawa service, on board Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The Star Alliance carrier will offer 2 weekly flights when it resumes this route on 23DEC23.
Air China (CA) : Beijing Capital – Osaka Kansai eff 07APR23 1 daily A321 (A330-200 from 20APR23), Beijing Capital – Tokyo Haneda eff 17APR23 1 daily A321, Beijing Capital – Tokyo Narita 1 daily A321/330-300 (A330-300 only from 18APR23), Hangzhou – Osaka Kansai 3 weekly A321 (1 daily A320/321 from 18APR23), Hangzhou – Tokyo Narita 1 weekly A321 (3 weekly from 17APR23), Shanghai Pu Dong – Osaka Kansai 1 daily A321, Shanghai Pu Dong – Tokyo Narita 6 weekly A321/330-200 (1 daily A330-200 from 18APR23).
Air China in late-January 2024 plans to resume Tianjin – Dalian – Tokyo Narita service, on board Boeing 737-800 aircraft. From 21JAN24, the airline will operate 4 weekly flights on this route.
Star Alliance member Air China on Wednesday (22MAR23) afternoon filed service changes for Shanghai Pu Dong – London Heathrow route, for Northern summer 2023 season, On Shanghai Pu Dong – Frankfurt route, the airline will also gradually restore selected frequencies.
Air China in May 2023 plans to resume Boeing 747-8I international operations, initially scheduled on Beijing Capital – Frankfurt route. The 747-8I will be operating on 3 of 10 weekly flights, effective 01MAY23.
Air China this week filed operational aircraft changes for Beijing Capital – Frankfurt route for Northern winter 2023/24 season. From 29OCT23, Boeing 747-8I aircraft will continue to operate CA965/966 service, 4 times weekly, instead of previously filed 7 weekly.
Air China this week filed further changes to its Beijing Capital – Frankfurt service during Northern winter 2023/24 season.
Star Alliance member Air China at the launch of Northern winter 2023/24 season resumes Shenzhen – Frankfurt service, on board Airbus A330-200 aircraft.
Star Alliance member Air China last week revised planned operational aircraft on Shenzhen – Frankfurt route, when it resumes this service on 30OCT23. From 30OCT23 to 18DEC23, the carrier will operate Boeing 777-300ER aircraft 3 times weekly, instead of Airbus A330-200.
Air China from August 2023 intends to restore Beijing Capital – Munich service, as the carrier schedules 1 daily flight with 3-class Boeing 777-300ER. First flight is scheduled on 01AUG23.
Air China from mid-January 2024 plans to resume Shanghai Pu Dong – Munich route, where the airline initially schedules 3 weekly flights with the Airbus A350-900XWB aircraft.
Air China in this week’s schedule update once again revised planned service for Vancouver, on/after 07JUN23. The Star Alliance carrier will continue to operate 1-stop service in both directions, instead of previously planned nonstop Beijing Capital – Vancouver vv, From 07JUN23, the airline will be operating Beijing Capital – Shenyang – Vancouver vv, instead of inbound flight via Zhengzhou.
Air China in Northern summer 2023 season is adding new route to Kazakhstan, where it schedules Xi’An – Astana nonstop flight.
Air China (CA): Beijing Capital – Phnom Penh 3 weekly A321.
Air China (CA): Beijing Capital – Kuala Lumpur 2 weekly A330-300.
Star Alliance member Air China from August 2023 plans to resume service between China’s Inner Mongolia and Mongolia, as the carrier schedules Hohhet – Ulaanbaatar service. From 06AUG23, Boeing 737-800 aircraft will operate this route twice weekly.
Star Alliance member Air China next week schedules one-time capacity increase on Hohhet – Ulaanbaatar route, normally served by Boeing 737-800 aircraft twice weekly. On 01OCT23, this service to Mongolia from China’s Inner-Mongolia region will be operated by 237-seater Airbus A330-200 aircraft.
Air China (CA): Beijing Capital – Bangkok Suvarnabhumi 5 weekly A321, Beijing Capital – Phuket 4 weekly A330-200 (7 weekly from 15JUN23, 3 of 7 weekly by 737-800), Chengdu Tianfu – Phuket 3 weekly A320 (1 daily 01JUL23 – 01SEP23), Hangzhou – Bangkok Suvarnabhumi 1 weekly A320, Hangzhou – Phuket 3 weekly A320, Beijing Capital – Chiang Mai 3 weekly 737-800.
Star Alliance member Air China in Northern winter 2023/24 plans to increase capacity to Thailand, based on recent schedule filing.
Air China last week expanded service on Shanghai Pu Dong – Bangkok Suvarnabhumi route, previously served 3-4 times weekly. Since 20DEC23, the Star Alliance member increased overall flights to daily, with Airbus A320 aircraft.
Air China from late-May 2023 plans to offer service to Bangkok Don Mueang, where it will operate flights from Chengdu and Shanghai: Chengdu Tianfu – Bangkok Don Mueang eff 22MAY23 3 weekly A320 And Shanghai Pu Dong – Bangkok Don Mueang eff 11JUN23 4 weekly A320.
Star Alliance member Air China in late-January 2023 gradually resumes various routes to Thailand, reflected in recent schedule update.
Air China from May 2023 plans to resume service to New Zealand, as the airline opened reservation for Beijing Capital – Auckland route. First flight is scheduled on 02MAY23, with Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft operating 4 weekly flights.
Star Alliance member Air China from November 2023 plans to increase service to France, as Beijing Capital – Paris CDG scheduled with 12 weekly flights from 08NOV23, instead of 7 weekly.
Star Alliance member Air China in this week’s schedule update filed service resumption for Beijing Capital – Barcelona route, scheduled from 01JUN23.
Air China in this week’s schedule update filed aircraft changes for Beijing Capital – Barcelona route, as it schedules capacity increase. Set to resume on 01JUN23, planned 3 weekly flights with A330-200 remains unchanged, however the airline will switch to Airbus A330-300 aircraft between 01JUL23 and 30SEP23.
Air China from July 2023 plans to resume service to Chita in Russia, where it will once again offer Beijing Capital – Hailar – Chita flights, with Boeing 737-700 flights. Two weekly flights are scheduled from 05JUL23.
Star Alliance member Air China during the month of July and August 2023 once again schedules Boeing 747-8I scheduled service on Beijing Capital – Chengdu Shuangliu route, with 11 round-trip flights planned by the 747 variant.
Air China from late-January 2024 plans to increase Beijing Capital – Singapore service, with the addition of 3rd daily flight. The Star Alliance member will be adding CA775/776 service from 20JAN24, with Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft.
Air China in late December 2023 is launching new intercontinental service to Europe, with the opening of Beijing Capital – Istanbul route on 29DEC23.
Air China in the first quarter of 2024 schedules expanded 311-seater 777-300ER operation at Chongqing, where additional 5 routes to see the 3-class aircraft operating.
Star Alliance member Air China in June 2023 plans to resume Shanghai Pu Dong – Singapore route, previously served until March 2020. Upon service resumption on 04JUN23, the carrier’s Airbus A350-900XWB aircraft will operate this route 4 times weekly.
The weekly service will no longer operate via quarantine stop in Hohhet from Moscow, with Boeing 777-300ER aircraft.
Air China in recent schedule update revised operational aircraft for Beijing Capital – Barcelona route, for the month of October 2023. Reflected in last week’s schedule update, the Star Alliance carrier will continue to operate 301-seater Airbus A330-300 aircraft 3 times weekly, between 01OCT23 and 28OCT23.
Air China in recent schedule update revised operational aircraft for Beijing Capital – Barcelona route, where the airline maintains 301-seater Airbus A330-300 service, on/after 29OCT23. The Star Alliance member previously filed 237-seater Airbus A330-200 aircraft for Northern winter 2023/24 season.
Air China from late-December 2023 resumes Chongqing – Singapore service, after 8-week hiatus. The Star Alliance member to resume this route on 30DEC23 initially 3 times weekly, increasing to 1 daily from 18JAN24.
Air China in Northern winter 2023/24 season plans to increase service to Sweden, with the addition of 4th weekly Beijing Capital – Stockholm Arlanda flight. Planned frequency increase is scheduled to commence on 01NOV23, with Airbus A350-900XWB.
Air China in late-January 2023 is resuming service to Geneva, where the airline schedules Beijing Capital – Geneva – Shenyang – Beijing Capital routing from 26JAN23.
Air China from June 2024 plans to resume Beijing Capital – London Gatwick service, after one-year hiatus. Last served until June 2023, the Star Alliance member will once again operates 1 daily flight with Airbus A330-300 aircraft, effective 01JUN24.
Air China this week filed operational aircraft changes on Shanghai Pu Dong – London Gatwick route, currently served by Airbus A330-200 aircraft. From 01MAY24, this daily service will switch to Airbus A350-900XWB aircraft, until 26OCT24.
Air China this week filed service changes to Beijing Capital – London Heathrow route, for the month of November 2023.
Star Alliance member Air China from late-January 2024 plans to resume Beijing Capital – Hanoi route, announced by the airline last week. The airline plans to operate 2 weekly flights upon service resumption on 30JAN24, with Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft.
Air China’s planned entry to the market follows China Eastern Airlines inaugurating flights to Istanbul on Sept. 28 with a 3X-weekly service from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG). This came after the SkyTeam member signed a memorandum of understanding with Turkish Airlines, agreeing to cooperate more closely.
Air China to resume Beijing-Kuala Lumpur service in late Apr-2023
It is reported that the Chengdu Tianfu-Manila route will be executed every Wednesday and 5.. The flight number is CA479. It is planned to take off from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport at 20:30 and arrive at Manila International Airport at 00:20 local time. The return flight number is CA480, which is scheduled to take off from Manila International Airport at 06:25 local time and return to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport at 10:15 Beijing time. The flight time is about 4 hours.
Among them, starting on July 2nd, Air China launched a new direct flight from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU) to the capital of the Philippines, Manila, operating three flights per week, The outbound flights will be on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, while the return flights will be on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays,
Yesterday, on July 3rd, Air China resumed the direct flight from Chengdu Tianfu Airport to the capital of Sri Lanka, Colombo, with three flights per week, operating on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays,
Additionally, on July 19th, a new direct flight from Chengdu Tianfu Airport to the capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, will commence with four flights per week, operating on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.
