Airlines increase European connections
10/6/2004 17:38
As of this month, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has increased its scheduled
number of flights from Shanghai to Amsterdam from four per week to daily, with
more preferential policies offered, the Shanghai Morning Post reported
today.
The new Boeing 777-200ER aircrafts, with more seats and comfortable
cabins, are being used in some Shanghai to Amsterdam flights. From now to June
27, round-trip airfares between Amsterdam and Shanghai or Beijing are only 6,888
yuan (US$830).
In order to attract more high-end tourists to Europe, KLM
Royal Dutch Airlines has offered self-organized tours in China.
China
Southern Airlines has also stepped up service to Amsterdam. At the end of last
month, China Southern Airlines announced that three scheduled flights a week
will begin between Shanghai and Amsterdam as of June 28, with preferential
round-trip airfares of 4,800 yuan.
"We are targeting tourists from Wenzhou,
as there are usually almost 130,000 Wenzhou people in the Netherlands," said a
spokesman with the China Southern Airlines.
The peak tourist period for
Europe usually falls between July and October every year, so a growing number of
Chinese people are expected to travel to Europe by July, an industry analyst
predicted.
Wendy Zhang/ Shanghai Daily news
|
