5 weekly flights between China’s most populous city and Budapest from August

China Eastern Airlines has made available on its booking system the previously announced extra two flights per week on its Shanghai route.

With these new flights, a total of 10 direct flights per week between Hungary and four major cities in China will be available from August, Budflyer, an aviation news site, announced on Facebook.

As of 1 August, Shanghai Airlines’ Dreamliner aircraft will operate on the Budapest-Shanghai route on Tuesdays and Saturdays, in addition to the current Wednesday, Friday and Sunday schedules. On the days not taken, Mondays and Thursdays, there will be a direct connection from Ningbo, Budflyer reports. The city is 220 kilometres by road from Shanghai.

Timetable:

• Shanghai-Budapest:
  FM869/MU4795 PVG-BUD 00:40-06:15 (China Standard Time – Central European Standard Time)
• Budapest-Shanghai:
  FM870/MU4796 BUD-PVG 12:30-04:55 (arrival next day) (Central European Standard Time – China Standard Time)