China Southern extends ‘Canton Route’ to Africa
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China Southern Airlines had formed a new codeshare partnership that will extend its ‘Canton Route’ to Africa.
Designed to challenge the traditional ‘Kangaroo Route’ operators flying between Australia and Europe, the Canton Route connects these two continents via China Southern’s home base at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport.
And now, following a codeshare deal with Kenya Airways, the airline is aiming to attract more traffic between Australia and Africa.
The arrangement will see China Southern place its ‘CZ’ code on Kenya Airways’ flights from Guangzhou to Nairobi, and then onwards from the Kenyan capital to the Zambian capital Lusaka, Johannesburg in South Africa and Nigeria’s largest city, Lagos.
China Southern and Kenya Airways are partners in the SkyTeam alliance.
“With the help of our SkyTeam partners we reach 1,000 destinations around the world and through this growing partnership with Kenya Airways we can offer great connections for Australians wanting to travel on our Canton Route to Africa,” said China Southern’s regional general manager for Australia & New Zealand, Henry He.
“This modern day Silk Road between China and Africa will continue to put China Southern on the world map and build Guangzhou as a global hub.”
The new services leave Guangzhou at 0935 every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday aboard a brand new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, arriving in Nairobi at 0405 the following day.
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