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Starting from September 3, a new night flight will be added to the Chengdu-Xichang route

2024-08-19

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On August 19, a Red Star News reporter learned from Tibet Airlines that starting from September 3, the airline will operate direct flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Xichang Qingshan Airport. At that time, there will be night flights from Chengdu to Xichang for the first time.

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It is understood that the flight is operated by Airbus A319, flight number TV9717/8, and is carried out every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Specifically, the outbound flight is scheduled to take off from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport at 7:15 pm and arrive at Xichang Qingshan Airport at 8:30 pm; the return flight is scheduled to take off from Xichang Qingshan Airport at 9:10 pm and arrive at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport at 10:20 pm. The flight has been sold on some OTA platforms.

According to the reporter's inquiry of VariFlight, Air China and Sichuan Airlines currently operate two flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Xichang and Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Xichang respectively. The scheduled departure time of the flight from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Xichang is 9:45 a.m. every day and arrives at Xichang Qingshan Airport at 11 a.m.; the scheduled departure time of the flight from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Xichang is 11 a.m. and arrives at Xichang Qingshan Airport at 12:10 p.m. After the new flight is put into operation, there will be night flights from Chengdu to Xichang, providing passengers with more time options.

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Red Star News reporter Hu Qian

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