Charles de Gaulle airport isn’t totally unknown to Xiamen Air: the corporate flew from Fuzhou, one other Chinese language metropolis, to Paris earlier than the pandemic. That common service has not returned.
The selection to fly to Paris once more is logical: Xiamen Air cooperates extensively with Air France-KLM and can also be a part of the identical alliance. The airline’s clients can switch within the French capital to flights inside Europe, to South America and Africa.
Though Schiphol is not the one European vacation spot, the Dutch airport needn’t concern that Xiamen Air is phasing on the market: the Chinese language have simply introduced at the moment that they wish to fly to Schiphol extra typically than the present thrice per week sooner or later.
Precisely how typically, and from when precisely, has not but been introduced.
Xiamen Air makes use of Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners on each routes to Europe. They’ll accommodate 287 passengers, of which 30 in Enterprise Class and 257 in Economic system. The scheduled service to Paris will initially be flown as soon as per week, specifically on Thursdays.
Bienvenue à Paris, la ville de la romance! Right now, we’re thrilled to announce the profitable completion of our inaugural flight (MF825) from Xiamen to Paris, carrying 256 passengers who launched into this thrilling journey with us. pic.twitter.com/Csr3cj0GC4
— Xiamen Airways (@XiamenAirlines) July 6, 2023
