Wuhan opens direct flight to Dubai, allowing you to have "close contact" with rich people in 9 hours

Wuhan has launched a direct flight to Dubai, which is more than 1,000 yuan cheaper than traveling with a group tour. The person in charge of the Hubei Marketing Department of China Southern Airlines revealed that this route will become the first route from Wuhan to the Middle East. It will not only provide convenience for Wuhan passengers to travel to Dubai to experience the exotic customs, but also build a bridge for economic and cultural exchanges between the two places.

It is understood that China Southern Airlines will launch a direct flight from Wuhan to Dubai on January 12, which will be operated by A330-300 wide-body passenger aircraft every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The outbound flight number is CZ3041, Beijing time It took off from Wuhan at 15:25 and arrived in Dubai at 01:05 Beijing time the next day; the return flight number was CZ3042, taking off from Dubai at 02:45 Beijing time and arriving in Wuhan at 10:25 Beijing time. It is reported that there is a 4-hour time difference between Beijing time and Dubai local time, and the one-way flight time is about 9 hours and 45 minutes. Discounted fares will be implemented at the initial stage of the route's opening. The one-way fare is expected to be about 2,000 yuan, in addition to a tax of about 1,100 yuan.

The person in charge of the Hubei Marketing Department of China Southern Airlines revealed that this route will become the first route from Wuhan to the Middle East. It will not only provide convenience for Wuhan passengers to go to Dubai to experience the exotic customs, but also build a bridge for economic and cultural exchanges between the two places. . Although there is still a week left before the first flight, about 90% of the tickets for the day have been sold, which is rare among the first flights of international routes. Most of them are tourists traveling to Dubai, who are expected to go to Dubai during the Spring Festival. Tourism will become more popular.

According to reports, Dubai’s summer (April to October) is extremely hot, with temperatures reaching over 45°C and small sandstorms in some desert areas. Winter is from November to March, with the temperature not lower than 7℃. The rainy season is from December to February of the following year. Rainfall is scarce throughout the year, with an average annual rainfall of less than 100 mm. At the beginning of the new year, Dubai has a pleasant climate and warm sunshine, which is a golden time for tourists to fully appreciate the local customs.

Official data shows that Dubai received 500,000 inbound Chinese tourists in 2015, an increase of 47% from 2014. After the opening of the new route, more than 15,000 tourists are expected to travel from Wuhan to Dubai every year. Currently, there are only three to four thousand tourists from Wuhan to Dubai every year.

Yao Chi, representative of the Dubai Tourism Office in China, told the Changjiang Daily reporter that currently the shortest route from Wuhan to Dubai is to take a train to Guangzhou and then transfer to a flight. The time and economic costs are high. A group tour costs six to seven thousand yuan. After the opening of direct routes, the cost has been reduced a lot. They learned from major travel agencies that it only costs four to five thousand yuan to go from Wuhan to Dubai, which is more than 1,000 yuan less than before. They do not rule out the possibility of special discounted tours for 3,000 yuan.

Yao Chi said that when talking about Dubai, many people will think of Middle Eastern tycoons. In fact, Dubai not only has luxurious hotels, but also has a unique climate that is half desert and half ocean, so it is called the "golden ocean." Here you can go sandboarding and watch the sea.

Yesterday, Spring Airlines Japan announced in Wuhan that it will launch a direct route from Wuhan to Tokyo Narita Airport from February 13. It is understood that the one-way duration of this route is 3 hours, and the price of a small number of promotional tickets is as low as 9 yuan. Citizens can log on to the official website of Spring Airlines on the afternoon of January 7 to grab tickets.

Starting from February 13 (the sixth day of the first lunar month), Spring Airlines Japan plans to use Boeing 737-800 aircraft to fly every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, with 189 seats fully occupied. It is understood that this route takes off from Wuhan Tianhe Airport at 14:55 and is expected to arrive at Tokyo Narita at 19:20; it takes off from Tokyo Narita at 10:00 and is expected to arrive at Wuhan Tianhe at 13:55 ( The above are all local times).

Before the direct flight from Wuhan to Tokyo was opened, passengers from Wuhan to Tokyo usually transferred from Shanghai, Beijing and other places, which cost about 2,000 yuan on average and took seven or eight hours. After the direct flight from Wuhan to Tokyo is opened, it will only take passengers three hours to travel one way, and the entire trip is less than 1,000 yuan. It is worth mentioning that Spring Airlines has launched a small number of special discount ticket sales activities on the occasion of the launch of the route. The promotional price for the direct Wuhan to Tokyo route is only 9 yuan, and the promotional price during the Spring Festival peak season is as low as 99 yuan.

"China's Spring Airlines, the parent company of Spring Airlines Japan, launched a route from Wuhan to Osaka, Japan in July 2014, with an average passenger load factor of 95." The person in charge of Spring Airlines Japan introduced that Wuhan opened a flight to Tokyo The route, together with the Wuhan-Osaka route previously launched by Spring Airlines, has formed a travel route of "from Han to East" and "from east to South". Whether you are traveling independently or in a group, you will enjoy the convenience of travel.

Wuhan Hu Chunqiu Travel Agency has specially launched a series of spring imaginative products for this route, including a 7-day tour of Mount Fuji, Kyoto, Nara and Osaka in Tokyo, Japan, and a free tour of Kansai, Japan. A reporter from Changjiang Daily learned that China Spring and Autumn Group and Japan's BIC CAMERA Group signed a strategic cooperation intention. In the future, passengers flying from Wuhan to Japan will also be able to enjoy special discounts when shopping at 200 BIC CAMERA stores in Japan. In addition to the 8 consumption tax exemption for foreign tourists, spring and autumn tourists will also enjoy up to 7 discounts.