First flights begin from Sydney and Melbourne to Beijing Daxing

Australia has its first connections to Beijing’s new Daxing Airport, with China Southern beginning services from Sydney and Melbourne. The airline, one of China’s “Big Four”, is flying four times per week from Sydney and three times per week from Melbourne using A330 aircraft, both for ten-week seasons. Daxing is Beijing’s newer international airport, and the city’s second alongside Beijing Capital. Jim Parashos, Melbourne Airport’s chief of aviation, said the new route to the centrally-located Daxing Airport will “provide passengers with easy access to key business and cultural centres in northern China”. “While our international market has well and truly moved from recovery to growth, we are now starting to see the Chinese market recovery gain pace with capacity now back above pre-pandemic levels and passenger levels climbing,” he said. “The added competition we have brought into the international market has delivered customers choice and value which, despite cost-of-living pressures, people are embracing. To cater for our passenger growth, we are upgrading infrastructure across the airport. This includes working closely with Australian Border Force to deliver more kiosks in international arrivals as our current allocation is insufficient to cope with growing demand.”<br/>