Samui airport welcomes the first ever flight from mainland China

Today, 12 of August at 3pm the first every Lucky Air flight from mainland China touched down in Koh Samui with CEO Mr Ding Yongzhen onboard, as well as thee Vice manager of Ankeyunda Air Agent service Co.，Ltd，Mr Chen Yanbin and the Ceo of Fenghe International Travel Co.，Ltd，Mr He jian, the CCT Travel group were there to welcome them.

The route will operate three times a week on Tuesday’s Thursdays and Saturdays direct from Kunming’s Changshui International Airport. Flight 8L9897 will depart at 12.15 local time and arrive in Koh Samui at 2pm, the return flight, 8L9898 will leave Samui at 3pm arriving at 18.45.

The Samui flights will mark Lucky Air’s second international service, following the launch of a weekly flight from Kunming to Singapore via Guiyang in January 2014.

The new route will be operated in tandem with Anke Yunda Air Service, a Tianjin-based tour operator which also operates charter flights from more than 10 Chinese cities to destinations in South Korea, Maldives, Singapore and Cambodia.

Lucky Air is a subsidiary of Hainan Airlines, China’s fourth largest carrier. Their fleet consists of 3 Airbus A319-100, 4 Airbus 320-200, 11 Boeing 737-700 and 4 Boeing 737-800.

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