China Southern to Fly A380 to Amsterdam

China Southern Airlines (CZ) will operate a daily A380 service between Beijing and Amsterdam from June, a source familiar with the matter said.

The superjumbo will be deployed on the long-haul service starting June 20, replacing an A330-300 aircraft, according to the source.

Flight CZ345 is scheduled to take off from Beijing at 0:50 a.m. and arrive in Amsterdam at 5:40 a.m., with the return flight CZ346 departing Amsterdam at 2:50 p.m. and arriving in Beijing at 6:20 a.m. the next day, according to the website of the airline.

As the only Chinese airline to order and operate the A380 aircraft, the Guangzhou-based carrier currently has five A380s in its fleet.
The first A380 for China Southern entered revenue service in October 2011 with round-trip flights linking Beijing and Guangzhou. After this introductory domestic service, the airline began using the A380 on international routes starting with flights between Guangzhou and Los Angeles in October 2012. It also operates a seasonal A380 service from Guangzhou to Sydney every southern hemisphere summer during the peak travel period.
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