From July 5 onwards, direct flights from Chengdu to Boracay, Philippines will resume 4 flights a week.

Starting from July 5, charter flights from Chengdu to Boracay in the Philippines will officially resume, with four flights a week, providing a total of more than 600 seats. This is what the reporter learned at the 2023 "Philippine players" Chengdu-Long Beach charter product conference on June 5.

It is reported that the resumption of direct flights from Chengdu to Boracay is another measure following the charter flights from Nha Trang, Chiang Mai, Koh Samui and Bangkok. It only takes four hours to reach Boracay from Chengdu.

The flight is operated by Philippine Airlines Airbus A320/A321 and is carried out on 5. 7 every Monday and 3.. The flight is scheduled to take off from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport at 00:40 Beijing time and arrive at Kalibo Airport in Long Beach at 05:00 local time. The return flight is scheduled to take off from Kalibo Airport at 19:25 and return to Chengdu at 23:40 Beijing time.

"Flights are mainly night flights, reserving more time for travellers to visit." Gao Lei, general manager of Chengdu China Youth Travel Service Co., Ltd., said that the direct charter flight from Chengdu to Boracay was launched in early July, and both travel agencies and airlines are targeting the summer travel season. "At present, there is a strong demand for island travel in the southwest. The Philippine tourist audience is enthusiastic and the market gap is large, and through preliminary mapping, the market capacity of direct flights to Boracay is 7 to 8 flights a week." Gao Lei estimates that the Philippine tourism market may return to 70% of its pre-epidemic level this summer.

As the summer vacation approaches, a large number of routes are gradually resuming. Among them, on July 1, Okai Airlines will resume the Chengdu-Kalibo route. The route is operated four times a week, on Mondays and 2. 4. six respectively. Unlike the charter flights launched by travel agencies and Philippine Airlines, the flights on this route are daytime hours.

In addition, Sichuan Airlines will resume the Chengdu-Istanbul route from June 21, and the one-way air flight time is planned to be about 9.5 hours. Direct flights from Chengdu to Istanbul are available twice a week, on Mondays and Wednesdays, respectively. From June 29 onwards, the Chengdu-Tokyo route will be encrypted from 1 flight per week to 3 flights per week, which will be implemented on Tuesdays and 4. Saturdays respectively.

From July 1, AirAsia will resume direct flights from Chengdu Tianfu to Kuala Lumpur, with a flight time of 4 hours. From July 4, it will be increased to three shifts a week, which will be implemented on Monday and 2. 4 respectively.

From July 3, Air China will resume the Chengdu-Colombo route, with a flight time of nearly 6 hours, and the flight schedule will be Monday and 3.