A couple of chunks of news from China Southern.
First up, China Southern will be operating to London Heathrow from Guangzhou after 6th June 2012.
The route will operate 3 times a week on the following schedule:
DEPART CAN 09:00 ARRIVE LHR 15:25 , OPERATES WED, FRI, SUN DEPART LHR 22:30 ARRVIE CAN 17:30+1, OPERATES WED, FRI DEPART LHR 18:25 ARRVIE CAN 13:25+1, OPERATES SUN Operates Wednesday, Friday, Sunday as stated Equipment Booked: Airbus A330-200
This will mark the first entry of a Guangzhou-London route, with no other direct route available. For those who need connections when LHR-CAN isn’t running, there are options via Amsterdam and Paris with appropriate SkyTeam connections.
Meanwhile, for those of you in love with the WhaleJet (the Airbus A380), then some good news as China Southern will be deploying their A380 from Beijing to Hong Kong as its first International Destination (well international seems to be such a loose term these days). Alas, it is a temporary deployment for a month before redeploying it elsewhere.
This replaces the A321 operated service, and a major timetable shift for the duration.
The planned operation is as follows:
DEPART PEK 08:50 ARRIVE HKG 1220 DEPART HKG 14:40 ARRIVE PEK 17:50 Operates Daily, 02/03/12 to 24/03/12 Equipment Booked: Airbus A380-800
China Southern currently operates A380’s between Guangzhou-Beijing and Beijing-Shanghai, and it’s international plans for them are sketchy to say the least.