China Southern Airlines plans to launch a service between Guangzhou and Moscow Sheremetyevo via Urumqi.
The SkyTeam carrier will operate daily on the route from 31 October, using Boeing 757-200 aircraft.
Currently, no airline operates non-stop between Guangzhou and Moscow Sheremetyevo, according to schedules in Innovata.
Source: Air Transport Intelligence news
While a slower recovery and strong competition has hit Lufthansa Group’s passenger operations on Asia-Pacific routes since the pandemic, the carrier is shifting more of its freighter capacity to tap strong cargo demand from the region.
Indonesian carrier TransNusa Airlines has operated the longest ARJ21 commercial flight, deploying the Comac regional jet on flights between Manado and Guangzhou.
Emirates has signed two separate memorandums of understanding with Vietnamese operators Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet, as it looks to grow its presence in the Southeast Asian nation.
