MACAO, June 23 (Xinhua) -- Macao's local airline has added a new transition airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province and expand its long-haul service to more European cities, Air Macau said on Friday in a seminar presenting new products to travel agents and local media.
Air Macau said the new long-haul destinations includes some European cities with exiting routes run by Air China to Chengdu, capital city of southwest China's Sichuan Province. Together with transition airports in Beijing and Shanghai, now this home base carrier of Macao can provides flights to Paris, London, Munich, Rome, Milan, Athens, Madrid, Stockholm, Barcelona and Vienna.
Macao travelers can also use such transition services to go to New York, Washington D.C., Vancouver, Montreal, Havana, Sao Paulo, Hawaii and Colombo through Air China's network, Air Macau added.
According to Air Macau, the two carriers worked out a fast-track procedure to significantly minimize the transition time in airports of Chengdu, Beijing and Shanghai. For example, in Chengdu, there are four transition check-in counters designated solely for transition passengers, who only need to reclaim their baggage at final destination airport.
According to a preparatory research by Air Macau, the majority of passengers traveled from and to Macao via Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA). Considering the capacity of HKIA and the ship transition between Macao and Hong Kong, the new long-haul service by Air Macau saves travel time and trouble of baggage lifting during ship transition.
