Sichuan Airways revealed its newest worldwide flight routes plan in September on its social media web page. It incorporates 5 routes which were resumed in the course of the previous summer time season.
Routes resumed in the course of the previous summer time season
In July and August, Sichuan Airways resumed 5 worldwide and regional routes. The airline stated the intensive resumption is principally due to the increase in journey demand and the benefit of the Chinese language quarantine coverage towards worldwide vacationers.
| From | To | Date of Resumption | Frequency of operation | Flight Day | Plane Kind |
| Chengdu (CTU) | Hong Kong SAR | July twelfth | Three flights weekly | Tuesday/Thursday/Sunday | Airbus A330 |
| Chengdu (CTU) | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | July twenty fifth | One flight weekly | Sunday | Airbus A330 |
| Chengdu (CTU) | St. Petersburg, Russia | July twenty seventh | One flight weekly | Wednesday | Airbus A330 |
| Chengdu (CTU) | Helsinki, Finland | July twenty ninth | One flight weekly | Thursday | Airbus A330 |
| Chengdu (CTU) | Tokyo, Japan | August twentieth | One flight weekly | Saturday | Airbus A330 |
Sichuan Airways resumed its operations between Chengdu Shuangliu Worldwide Airport (CTU) and Helsinki Worldwide Airport (HEL) after greater than two years on July twenty ninth. The route is operated by Airbus A330 plane as soon as per week on Fridays.
Sichuan Airways’ Chengdu to Helsinki route was initially launched in the course of the summer time of 2019 and stopped as a result of COVID-19 outbreak in early 2020. Earlier than the halt, the route ran from Chengdu to Copenhagen through Helsinki Airport. Now the route runs immediately between Helsinki and Chengdu.
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The operation from Chengdu to Tokyo has additionally been halted for greater than two years. On August twentieth, Chengdu Airways 3U3961/2 resumed operation between Chengdu and Tokyo Narita Worldwide Airport (NRT).
Chengdu Airways resumed operation between Chengdu and Tokyo after over two years on August twentieth, 2022. Photograph: Sichuan Airways
Different scheduled worldwide routes
Sichuan Airways maintains its operation to Canada, Egypt, Thailand, and Hong Kong SAR on its plan for September.
| Nation | Route | Flight quantity | Flight time (native time) | Frequency | Flight date |
| Canada | Chengdu – Vancouver | 3U8501 | 23:10-20:00 | Tuesday | September sixth/thirteenth/twentieth/twenty seventh |
| Vancouver – Chengdu | 3U8502 | 13:45-18:10 (+1) | Wednesday | September seventh/14th/twenty first/twenty eighth | |
| Egypt | Chengdu – Cairo | 3U3867 | 10:00-14:10 | Monday | September twelfth/nineteenth/twenty sixth |
| Cairo – Chengdu | 3U3868 | 17:05-8:20 (+1) | |||
| Chengdu – Cairo | 3U8391 | 9:20-13:30 | Friday | September ninth/sixteenth/twenty third//thirtieth | |
| Cairo – Chengdu | 3U8392 | 16:20-7:40 (+1) | |||
| Thailand | Chengdu – Bangkok | 3U8145 | 14:25-16:35 | Wednesday | solely September 14th |
| Bangkok – Chengdu | 3U8146 | 17:45-22:00 | |||
| Hong Kong SAR | Chengdu – Hong Kong SAR | 3U3959 | 14:20-17:00 | Each Thursday and Each different Sunday | September eighth/fifteenth/twenty second/twenty ninth |
| Hong Kong SAR – Chengdu | 3U3960 | 18:30-21:00 |
Challenges that Sichuan Airways is going through
In response to the announcement from Sichuan Airways, for the primary half of 2022, Sichuan Airways reported working income of seven.594 billion RMB ($1.09 billion) and a web lack of 4.61 billion RMB ($662 million). The online loss in 2020 and 2021 are 2.48 billion RMB ($356 million) and 1.82 billion RMB ($261 million).
In different phrases, because the COVID-19 outbreak in early 2020, the web loss for Sichuan Airways has reached 8.91 billion RMB ($1.279 billion).
Sichuan Airways faces an enormous web loss because the COVID-19 outbreak in early 2020. Photograph: Sichuan Airways
Chengdu, with a inhabitants of over 21 million, is beneath lockdown because the night time of September 1st as a result of latest COVID unfold. The affect on Chengdu-based Sichuan Airways’ income figures within the third quarter will doubtless yield an additional unfavorable outcome.
