As we all know that the World Exposition is held in Shanghai for a few months. As a result, Travel to Shanghai is more and more popular, and many visitors who come from all over the world visit here and enjoy the World Exposition. However, before you planning your trip, you need to know something about Shanghai Flights.
There are a few airlines in Shanghai, and they have their own characteristics. In the following passage, you will get some information about them.
Shanghai Airlines
It is an airline based in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China. It operates domestic and international services. Its main bases are Shanghai Pudong International Airport and Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport. It also retains a few flights at Nanjing and Hangzhou, and is one of the most concentrated “hub and spoke” airlines in China.
The airline was established and started operations in 1985. It was founded by the Shanghai municipal government as the first independently-run local airline in China. It was initially restricted to domestic flights, but in September 1997, it won government approval to operate international services. Shanghai Airlines has applied for service to its first two destinations in North America, which are Seattle, Washington and Los Angeles, California. It also applied for its first three European destinations which are Vienna, Hamburg and Zurich, which were expected to start in 2008, but these plans have been cancelled in the meantime. Now it’s very convenient for foreign tourists to visit Shanghai by flights. For more information, you can go to its website and it provides online service.
China Eastern Airlines
Also, China Eastern Airlines is based in Shanghai, and provides domestic and international services. The base airports are Shanghai Hongqiao international airport, Shanghai Pudong airport, and some other airports in Taiyuan, Shangxi Province; Kunming, in Yunan Province. China Eastern Airlines are specialized in the strategy of “Network Operations Center”, which means Shanghai is the center, and Yangtze River Delta region are its main business, all together connect with other international business. The air routes go though from the east of China to the west of China, and at the same time, it connects with other airlines which are located in Asia, Europe, Australia and America.
In Shanghai, there is a new airline, which named Spring Airlines. The prices of the air tickets are really reasonable, usually from hundreds to thousands RMB. The airline is committed to provide services with safety, low price, convenience and warmed-heart. On board, the airlines don’t provide free food, because the cost finally is the passengers’ burden. The main targets of Spring Airlines are passengers who have frequent air travel. It’s the one with low-cost. Spring airlines are the only domestic airlines which don’t take part in China’s civil aviation network marketing system (CRS) of airlines. Shanghai Hongqiao airport is the main landing airport for Spring airlines, now the whole route carrier is for domestic routes; Airbus A320 aircraft is the only model to use in Spring Airlines.
For Spring airlines air tickets, you can book your air tickets on the websites, and print your boarding check on your own, what’s more, you can choose your seats according to your own preferences. All these services will give you much more free time and you needn’t get a long queue to print your boarding card. Another useful way to buy discount air tickets is that you go to the websites which you can find other people who have the same needs with you; your guys can buy the air tickets together with low prices; however it’s very difficult to find many guys who have the same destinations and the same time to set out.
For more information about flights, you can go to China Flights.
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