Chongqing, an international aviation gateway hub, gets help again.

On April 1st, Liaoning Fangda Group and its party came to Chongqing and signed a series of cooperation agreements with Chongqing.

According to the agreement, the two sides will deepen strategic cooperation in the fields of airport industry, logistics services and medical care. Fangda Group and its subsidiaries have also signed a series of cooperation agreements with relevant departments and enterprises in relevant districts and cities, covering the fields of building an international aviation gateway hub, aviation leasing and medical industry.

This is undoubtedly a great benefit for Chongqing to build an international aviation gateway hub.

The relevant person in charge of the port logistics office of the municipal government introduced that the help of major airlines is indispensable for Chongqing to build an international aviation gateway hub. In this signing, Hainan Airlines, a subsidiary of Fangda Group, will participate in a number of cooperation.

In fact, HNA Airlines has been attached to Chongqing for a long time, and its well-known aviation brands such as Hainan Airlines and Western Airlines all regard Chongqing as an important layout point.

Hainan Airlines:

Enrich Chongqing’s "international through flights" destinations

On March 19th, Hainan Airlines flight HU427 took off from Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport and arrived at Milan International Airport 12 hours later. This is the first direct flight from western China to Milan, Italy.

"Before flying to Milan, I had to transfer to the Yangtze River Delta city. Now Chongqing has a direct flight route, which provides great convenience for our international students." Wang Jing, a citizen of Chengdu, said that it is much more convenient to take the high-speed train from Chengdu to Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport and fly directly to Milan.

According to the relevant person in charge of Hainan Airlines, for ordinary passengers, they can also quickly transfer to many cities in Europe, Africa and North America via Milan, and can realize convenient services such as visa-free transit and direct luggage hanging at Milan Airport.

Chongqing’s direct flight to Milan is just one of Hainan Airlines’ international routes in Chongqing. Up to now, Hainan Airlines has opened international direct flights from Chongqing, including Chongqing to Rome, Madrid, Paris and Milan. Hainan Airlines has also become the airline with the largest number of intercontinental international passenger routes in Chongqing.

Not only that, Hainan Airlines has more than 20 direct flights to Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Wenzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Haikou and other places in Chongqing, which also provides great convenience for passengers to transfer international flights from all over the country via Chongqing.

"We have always attached great importance to Chongqing and regarded Chongqing as an important hub site in Southwest China." According to the relevant person in charge of Hainan Airlines, on November 23 last year, Hainan Airlines established Hainan Airlines Chongqing Branch in Yubei District, which is also the first branch established by Hainan Airlines in Southwest China.

According to the positioning, Hainan Airlines Chongqing Branch is the aviation department of Chongqing Airport’s international main base, and will increase the investment in transportation capacity, manpower and capital, enrich the destinations of "international through flights", build "international+domestic" two-way efficient transit flight waves, promote the construction of Chongqing’s international aviation hub, help Chongqing’s industrial layout and serve local economic development.

Western Airlines:

Provide more domestic tourist support for Chongqing.

"PN6449, you can take off." At 6 am on April 1, instructions came from the tower of Jiangbei International Airport. Sliding, lifting wheels and spreading wings, a passenger plane belonging to Western Airlines rushed into the sky, breaking the tranquility of the apron in the morning.

This is the first domestic flight that took off from Jiangbei International Airport that day. Within half an hour, a Western Airlines plane took off almost every five minutes. It is no exaggeration to describe it as "busy".

Western Airlines is an important force to fly Chongqing’s domestic routes.

"Western Airlines is a subsidiary of HNA Aviation Group, and now there are 24 passenger planes in Chongqing." The relevant person in charge of Western Airlines said.

What is this concept? Taking 2023 as an example, the annual traffic volume of Western Airlines in Chongqing was 4.395 million passengers, accounting for 9.84% of Chongqing’s overall market share, ranking third.

Today, Western Airlines has become the "main force" of Jiangbei International Airport. According to the national civil aviation flight plan for the summer and autumn season of 2024 (from March 31st to October 26th), Western Airlines has 41 navigation destinations in Chongqing, with 558 flights in and out of Chongqing every week, with an average of nearly 80 flights per day, which can provide more than 100,000 seats per week.

In quantity, frequency encryption; In terms of quality, it is also upgrading.

"Now all the passengers who buy super economy class, we have matched the bird’s nest porridge; If it is inconvenient for business travelers to travel, we also have taxis. " According to the relevant person in charge of Western Airlines, Western Airlines joined the double cabin layout when the fleet was introduced. From the previous "fare first", it now relies more on services to win customers.

The person in charge said that Chongqing has always been an important base of Western Airlines. In the future, Western Airlines will continue to give full play to Chongqing’s location characteristics, continuously increase the density and thickness of Chongqing’s route network to the plateau airport, optimize and consolidate the transit network of "entering Tibet via Chongqing and entering Xinjiang via Chongqing", and promote dry with support, and fully tap the demand of tourists through network optimization, service upgrading and policy guidance.

"We will also simultaneously improve the quality of transit routes and the number of carriers, enhance our competitiveness in the Chongqing market, and provide more domestic customer support for Chongqing to build an international aviation gateway hub." The person in charge said.

Jiangbei International Airport:

Connect the high frequency to the political and economic centers of five continents.

The relevant person in charge of the Aviation Department of the Port Logistics Office of the municipal government said that in this signing, HNA Airlines will increase its layout in Chongqing and deepen cooperation with Chongqing in many aspects.

Specifically, the Chongqing Municipal Government will support HNA Group to increase its investment in aviation resources in Chongqing, such as expanding the scale of transport fleet in Chongqing, relying on HNA Group to expand Chongqing’s intercontinental route network and build intercontinental boutique routes; Weave short-haul routes for RCEP countries, and further expand and improve the network radiation capacity of Chongqing-originated intercontinental routes connecting short-haul routes of neighboring countries.

The above-mentioned person in charge said that these signing contents can effectively expand Chongqing’s opening to the outside world, promote foreign economic and trade cooperation and cultural exchanges, and provide new kinetic energy for Chongqing to build an international aviation gateway hub.

In fact, in addition to the help of Hainan Airlines, Chongqing has also planned a road map for building an international aviation gateway hub.

Support airlines to open up the international passenger and freight market, build strategic intercontinental routes that match the positioning of inland open highlands, realize comprehensive coverage and high-frequency access of strategic intercontinental flight waves, and support the construction of inland open highlands in our city;

Create an aviation corridor for the new land and sea passage in the west, focusing on the new land and sea passage in the west and the capital and important economic cities of RCEP countries, and create a bridgehead for opening to the south in China;

Focus on the high-quality development needs of the "33618" modern manufacturing cluster system industry in our city, make good use of the "golden signboard" of the airport-type national logistics hub, consolidate the advantages of the European and American freight route network, fill in the freight shortcomings of ASEAN, Africa and South America, and support the construction of inland international logistics hubs.

According to reports, it is planned that by 2028, Jiangbei International Airport will open 120 international (regional) routes and more than 85 navigable cities; In fact, there are more than 80 international (regional) flights (20 more than before the epidemic), with more than 300 flights per week, reaching the political and economic center cities of Europe, the United States, Australia, Africa and Asia at high frequency, achieving full coverage of RCEP national capitals and big cities; The annual international (regional) passenger throughput reached 5 million passengers, and the annual international (regional) cargo and mail throughput reached 300,000 tons. (New Chongqing-Chongqing Daily reporter Qiu Xiaoya chief reporter Yang Jun)