United Eagle launches Chengdu-Guangzhou daily service

CHINA's first private air carrier United Eagle Airlines inaugurated a new daily service from western city of Chengdu to Guangzhou on October 28, Logistics Week reported.

The service deploys A319s, takes off from Chengdu at 0755 hrs, arrives in Guangzhou at 0955 hrs, then returns at 1045 hrs and is back in Chengdu at 1255 hrs.

On the same day, the carrier also starts a winter-spring flight schedule and resumes the thrice-weekly service from Chengdu to southern city of Sanya.

The Chengdu-Sanya flight departs Mondays, Wednesdays and Sundays at 1655 hrs reaching Sanya at 1905 hrs, then leaving Sanya at 2010 hrs, returning to Chengdu at 2235 hrs.

United Eagle commenced operations in 2005 and is based at Chengdu Airport and has four Airbus planes operating more than 30 domestic routes.