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China Southern expanding flight geography from Baku to China

Business Materials 10 June 2016 12:23 (UTC +04:00)
China Southern Airlines Company will start to carry out flights on the route Baku-Urumqi-Guangzhou from July 3, 2016, said the company’s representative in Baku.
China Southern expanding flight geography from Baku to China

Baku, Azerbaijan, June 10

By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend:

China Southern Airlines Company will start to carry out flights on the route Baku-Urumqi-Guangzhou from July 3, 2016, said the company's representative in Baku.

The representative said China Southern operates on the Azerbaijani market for 10 years and have decided to connect Baku with a large number of cities in China and Southeast Asia.

"The company carried out the first flight from Baku to Urumqi in March 2006," said the rep. "Last year, due to the devaluation of the Azerbaijani manat the company suspended flights, but now we have decided not only to restore its flights, but also offer more destinations."

The representative added that it will be possible to visit such cities as Shenzhen, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Yiwu, Beijing, Singapore, Manila and Bangkok through Urumqi and Guangzhou.

The flights will be carried out by Boeing-737 planes from July 3 twice a week (on Wednesday and Sunday) with departure from Baku at 23:05 (UTC/GMT+4 hours) and arrival in Urumqi at 07:00 (UTC/GMT+8 hours), in Guangzhou - at 14:35 (UTC/GMT+8 hours). Waiting period at the Urumqi airport is 2.5 hours.

The return flight is planned to be carried out at 12:50 with arrival in Urumqi at 18:10 and in Baku - at 21:05. In this case, waiting period is two hours.

Cost of the tickets (without taxes) for the Baku-Urumqi-Baku flight is 260 euros, Baku-Guangzhou-Baku flight - 280 euros, Baku-Shenzhen-Baku - 280 euros, Baku-Shanghai-Baku - 260 euros, Baku-Hangzhou-Baku - 260 euros, Baku-Yiwu-Baku - 280 euros, Baku-Beijing-Baku - 180 euros, Baku-Singapore-Baku - 340 euros, Baku-Manila-Baku - 300 euros, and Baku-Bangkok-Baku - 300 euros.

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