KLM launches new China route
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will begin operating scheduled service to Xiamen International Airport in China on March 27.
It claims this will be the first direct flight to the city from Europe.
With this new route KLM offers 43 weekly frequencies to China.
The new service will be operated three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays on a Boeing 777-200ER.
KLM’s SkyTeam partner China Southern Airlines offers connecting flights to and from Xiamen from destinations in China.
By Bev Fearis
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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