Chinese airlines ramp up operations in Australia with easing of restrictions

Chinese operators have ramped up their Australia capacity with China Eastern increasing its Sydney-Shanghai flights to thrice weekly starting January 19, 2022. Air China will resume its Sydney services with thrice weekly flights from February 2023. Xiamen Air has doubled its flights between Sydney and the southern port city of Xiamen to twice weekly. Interestingly, Xiamen Air was the only Chinese carrier to keep flying to Melbourne during the pandemic years, maintaining a single weekly flight. China Southern will resume Melbourne-Guangzhou direct flights towards the end of January 2023. Besides the airline will also ramp up its existing daily services