China's largest airline to launch first direct flight to Mexico
China Southern. Source: Airways Magazine
China's largest airline, China Southern Airlines, is going to launch its first direct flight to Mexico.
The flights are scheduled to start on April 17 and are to be performed twice a week from Shenzhen in southern China. Tickets are not yet on sale, Bloomberg reports.
China's largest airline to launch first direct flight to Mexico. Source: Airline Quality
The more than 16-hour journey across the Pacific Ocean will be the longest in the history of China's air service, with a length of 14147 km, making it one of the longest scheduled routes on the planet.
Currently, the longest flight is the New York-Singapore route, with a length of 15349 km.
As reported by TravelWise, Chinese travel to the Middle East has increased to pre-pandemic levels.