The Western Airlines Lhasa Chongqing Singapore route has officially set sail

On December twenty-five, two thousand twenty-four, Western Airlines, a subsidiary of Hainan Airlines Group, officially launched the Lhasa Chongqing Singapore route, marking the successful maiden flight of a new "air corridor" between the three regions. On that day, the plane took off from Lhasa Gongga International Airport at eighteen:forty-one Beijing time, stopped at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport, and successfully arrived at Singapore Changi Airport at three:forty local time. The first flight passengers experienced a cultural journey full of charm in the air and on the ground. This route is operated by Airbus Athree hundred and nineteen models, with three round-trip flights per week. The outbound flight number is PNsix thousand four hundred and twenty-five, which operates on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. It departs from Lhasa at seventeen:forty Beijing time, arrives in Chongqing at twenty:thirty, departs from Chongqing at twenty-two:fifty (departing at twenty-three:zero on Mondays), and arrives in Singapore at three:fifty-five the next day local time; The return flight number is PNsix thousand four hundred and twenty-six, which operates every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. It departs from Singapore at four:fifty-five local time, arrives in Chongqing at nine:forty Beijing time, departs from Chongqing at twelve:twenty, and arrives in Lhasa at fifteen:twenty (flight schedules may change, please refer to actual inquiries). Image: Lhasa maiden voyage ceremony. Image: Chongqing's inaugural flight ceremony. Image: Singapore's maiden voyage ceremony. To celebrate the opening of the new route, Western Airlines held inaugural welcoming ceremonies at Lhasa Gongga International Airport, Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport, and Singapore Changi Airport. Meanwhile, Western Airlines has carefully planned themed flight events on its flights to Singapore. The cabin crew has prepared interactive activities such as photo check ins for internet celebrities and short stories about the origin of Singapore's name, allowing passengers to gain knowledge while also receiving customized gifts from Western Airlines. In addition, Western Airlines has set up interactive topics related to New Year's Day, inviting passengers to share their personal experiences, New Year's wishes, and unforgettable stories, allowing passengers to enjoy a comfortable flying experience while feeling the thoughtful service of Western Airlines and the cultural charm of Singapore, adding unforgettable memories to their journey. Image: Western Airlines launches its first themed flight event. This month, the country further relaxed the transit visa free policy. The stay time of transit visa free foreigners in China has been extended from seventy-two hours and one hundred and forty-four hours to two hundred and forty hours (ten days). Chongqing is also one of the ports that apply this transit visa free policy. In order to actively respond to Chongqing's efforts to build an important strategic fulcrum for the development of the western region in the new era and a comprehensive inland opening hub "two positioning", the route opened this time connects the important air transport hub in the Asia Pacific region with China's distinctive snow covered plateau through Chongqing, providing an additional travel option for visa free entry and transit foreigners. As a local airline of Xizang, Western Airlines will continue to give play to its advantages in the route network of "entering Tibet via Chongqing", better serve the inbound tourism market, better promote the cultural and tourism resources of the snow covered plateau to the world, and contribute to civil aviation for Tibet to accelerate its integration into the overall situation of national opening up and Chongqing to build a regional gateway complex international aviation hub. As the two thousand twenty-five Spring Festival travel rush approaches, Western Airlines will further optimize its international route network and increase its investment in international route capacity to meet the needs of passengers