Sichuan Airlines Launches Direct Chongqing-Phuket Service

Sichuan Airlines has started operating direct services between Chongqiong, one of China's five national central cities, and Phuket Island to meet the growing demand for travel to the holiday island off the south-west coast of Thailand.

KLM Launches Scheduled Service To Hangzhou

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will launch a scheduled service between Amsterdam in the Netherlands and Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport in China on May 8, 2010, becoming the first airline to offer a direct service between Hangzhou and Europe.

CAAC To Intervene Over Air Ticket Pricing

According to the China Air Transport Association, the Civil Aviation Administration of China will intervene in the pricing of 699 routes and ask airline companies not to sell air tickets at less than cost price.