Air China increase Australian services

Star Alliance member Air China has announced increases to Australia for its Winter programme. Its non-stop Beijing Sydney route will increase from 4x weekly to a daily. Its Beijing to Melbourne flight which transits via Shanghai Pudong will increase from a four to five weekly. These changes are effective October 31st.

Finally, Melbourne will gain a new 2x weekly non-stop service from Beijing to Melbourne from December 2nd, the only carrier to operate a non-stop service on this city pair. IATA BSP data shows that between April 09-10, over 77,000 O+D pax flew the city pairs, Air China with 41% of the market.