{"id":41187,"date":"2018-11-26T09:22:51","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T01:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/china-southern-airlines-to-increase-guangzhou-penang-direct-flights\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T08:33:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T00:33:19","slug":"china-southern-airlines-to-increase-guangzhou-penang-direct-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/china-southern-airlines-to-increase-guangzhou-penang-direct-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"China Southern Airlines to increase Guangzhou-Penang direct flights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221; el_class=&#8221;sec-inner-banner&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1703741584745{background-image: url(https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/contact-banner-bg.jpg?id=20253) !important;}&#8221; z_index=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;inner-banner-row&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">China Southern Airlines to increase Guangzhou-Penang direct flights<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=&#8221;normal&#8221; el_class=&#8221;red-separator&#8221; color=&#8221;#ee4023&#8243; transparency=&#8221;1&#8243; thickness=&#8221;2&#8243; up=&#8221;15&#8243; down=&#8221;15&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;white-text&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">26 November 2018<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1703764846254{background-color: #f3f5f8 !important;}&#8221; z_index=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column el_class=&#8221;fade-in animate&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;120px&#8221; el_class=&#8221;height-x120&#8243;][vc_row_inner row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=&#8221;29339&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; qode_css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;single-featured-image&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;60px&#8221; el_class=&#8221;height-x60&#8243;][vc_row_inner row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;content-row&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]GEORGE TOWN (Nov 23): China Southern Airlines (CSA) plans to add more direct flights from Guangzhou to Penang by next year.<\/p>\n<p>CSA Penang General Manager Liu Zhen Hua said the airline would increase the flight frequency between the two destinations from seven flights per week to 11 flights per week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>He noted there had been a rapid growth in demand from China tourists to visit Penang, with food, culture, heritage sites, shopping and the people being the main attractions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn average, each plane is at least 80 per cent full for every flight from Guangzhou to Penang,\u201d he said during a press conference in Kebaya Seven Terraces today.<\/p>\n<p>Liu added that his long-term goal was to have at least 20 flights from Guangzhou to Penang, but did not give a timeframe.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that there were several factors to consider in order to achieve the goal, including the airport capacity, networking with various countries and flight demand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not something that can be done within two or three years. It can pose a huge challenge,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Also present at the press conference were nine media representatives from Guangzhou, who are visiting Penang from Nov 21 to Nov 24 as part of the airline and Tourism Malaysia&#8217;s effort to promote the state in China and attract potential Chinese tourists to visit Penang.<\/p>\n<p>Tourism Malaysia Ambassador for China, Datuk Jimmy Choo, also attended the function.<\/p>\n<p>China Southern Airlines, established in 1991 with main headquarters located in Guangzhou, China, is currently Asia\u2019s largest airline in fleet size.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theedgemarkets.com\/article\/china-southern-airlines-increase-guangzhoupenang-direct-flights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Edge Markets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: China Southern Airlines[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;120px&#8221; el_class=&#8221;height-x120&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"events-time-box\">\n<h2>26<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Mon<\/p>\n<p>November \u201818<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":29339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[316],"tags":[],"news_year":[272],"news_month":[229],"local_insights_alphabet":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41187"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41187"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41190,"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41187\/revisions\/41190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41187"},{"taxonomy":"news_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_year?post=41187"},{"taxonomy":"news_month","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_month?post=41187"},{"taxonomy":"local_insights_alphabet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/local_insights_alphabet?post=41187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}