China Southern Ramps Up Australian Routes

China Southern Airlines will enhance its Australian operations in the coming months, with the addition of more flights to Perth and Melbourne.

Last week, the Chinese airline added an extra weekly flight on its Guangzhou-Perth route. This means China Southern now operates four weekly flights to the Western Australian city, every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

All flights are operated using the carrier's new three-class Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft, which offers four seats in first class, 24 seats in business class and 200 in economy.

And China Southern is also planning to increase the frequency of its Guangzhou-Melbourne route. Between 13 September and 5 December 2015, the airline will gradually add four more weekly flights to the route, taking the total frequency to daily.

The additional flights will run every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday using a 275-seat Airbus A330-300 aircraft.

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