Xinhang originally applied to the Chinese Civil Aviation Administration for this summer and autumn of Singapore and Chongqing.However, the official only approved Singapore Airlines to continue to fly from Singapore once on Monday, and the flight time was changed to the Chongqing Jiangbei Airport at 2:15 am. After more than an hour (that is, 3:30 am), he left Hong Kong.Xinhang's evaluation of "Red Eye Flights" is difficult to operate, and chooses to cancel Chongqing.
Singapore Airlines will suspend flights to Singapore and Chongqing once a week from Sunday (March 26), which means that during the three years of the crown disease epidemic, the only international flight in Chongqing has not been grounded.After loosening, it will be interrupted.
People interviewed in the Chongqing Singapore business people felt unfortunately parked in Chongqing, and pointed out that there are not many international routes and foreign airlines in Chongqing Airport.It's even more windy.
In 2019 before the outbreak of the crown disease, Silkair, Shinhang Subsida, operated as many as seven times a week to and from Singapore and Chongqing.At 7 o'clock, he took off from Singapore Changi Airport. He returned to new after flying to Chongqing Jiangbei Airport at noon and arrived in the evening.
After Sheng'an officially entered the Singapore Airlines in March 2021, the above flight was taken over by Xinhang to continue its operation, thus becoming the only international flight in Chongqing during the three years of the epidemic.
However, Xinhang announced the adjustment of the summer and autumn Chinese flight plan at the end of February this year, including the suspension of the operation of Chongqing to Singapore every Monday.
People in the Chongqing Airlines industry revealed to Lianhe Morning Post that Shinhang had already evaluated the demand for flights after China ’s large re -opening of the border this year, and may even be better than the epidemic.Tour 10 trips to and from Singapore and Chongqing.
However, the official only approves Singapore Airlines to continue to fly from Singapore once on Monday, and the flight time has been changed to arrive at Chongqing Jiangbei Airport at 2:15 am. After more than an hour (that is, 3:30 am), he leaves Hong Kong.After the "Red Eye Flight" is difficult to operate, Xinhang chose to cancel the plan to fly Chongqing.
The person pointed out that the current international flights at Chongqing Jiangbei Airport are not busy, and the official adjustment of the new flight flight to the red eye flight is not yet known.
Jiangbei Airport currently has 18 airlines (including Singapore Airlines) to operate international flights, eight of which are Mainland China Airlines and three Hong Kong and Macao Airlines.Of the seven foreign airlines, Thailand and Indonesia occupied five; the destinations that these foreign airlines flew did not overlap with Lu, Hong Kong and Macao Airlines, until Chongqing Airlines began to fly to Singapore at the end of February.
Wu Shi, President of the Chongqing Branch of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce in China, said in an interview that China has opened a sharply on the border this year, and the political community in Singapore and Chongqing is expected to restart close exchanges.
He pointed out that Singapore Airlines is one of the representative Singapore companies that participate in the China -Singapore (Chongqing) strategic interconnection demonstration project and representative Singaporean enterprises.Play an important role in maintaining the interconnection of Xinyu Aviation.
Xinhang's bonded distribution center established by Chongqing for the aircraft parts officially operated in April last year, setting the first case in China.The senior management of the Xinqing government welcomed this at the time, saying that this would strengthen the aviation interconnection between Singapore and China, and can support the development of Chongqing as an aviation hub.
Wu Shicun believes that Chongqing Airport should continue to provide greater convenience to encourage more international airlines and routes to settle in, and provide services to different customers at home and abroad to further build Shancheng into an international aviation hub in western China.
Business industry: Singapore Airlines is grounded or made Chongqing behind Chengdu
On the other hand, Xinhang will retain once every Tuesday to Singapore and Chengdu every Tuesday and autumn, and operate from the Shuangliu Airport to Tianfu Airport on March 28.It is understood that some people in the Chongqing Singapore are currently planning to go to Chengdu to return to China to return to China.
Singapore business people who do not want to be named have analyzed that Chongqing and Chengdu will have two international airports in the future. They need to attract a large number of foreign airlines to invest in the Chengdu -Chongqing Economic Circle, and the operation of the four international airports can continue.
He also said that Xinhang's continued flight but not flying in Chongqing may make Chongqing make a disadvantage in the competition with Chengdu.
China has greatly re -opened the border this year, and Singapore and Chongqing's political and business circles are expected to restart close exchanges.Singapore Airlines is one of the representative Singapore companies participating in the China -Singapore (Chongqing) strategic interconnection demonstration project and representative Singaporean enterprises. At this time, it will be a "great regret" to suspend Chongqing.
—— Wu Shicun, President of the Chongqing Branch of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce in China
