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Alexandra Béni Alexandra Béni · 05/11/2018
· Business

China Eastern to launch direct Shanghai-Budapest flight

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China Eastern Airlines, the world’s seventh largest airline company, will launch a direct flight between Shanghai and Budapest next summer, Péter Szijjártó, the foreign affairs and trade minister, told public media after talks in Shanghai on Monday.

China Eastern is expected to operate the flight four times a week, Szijjártó said.

China has become the world’s top tourist-sending country, the minister said, adding that the number of Chinese tourists visiting Europe is expected to rise by 70 percent over the next five years. He added that Chinese tourists tend to be the biggest spenders.

There is fierce competition among countries today to attract Chinese tourists, Szijjártó said.

Direct air links are a priority when it comes to tourism developments, he said, adding that as of right now, the only direct air link between Hungary and China is the Budapest-Beijing flight.

He said that in the first eight months of this year, the number of Chinese tourists visiting Hungary was up by 14 percent and their number is projected to exceed 250,000 for the whole year.

Szijjártó pointed out that the Czech Republic expects to receive more than 500,000 Chinese tourists this year, noting that Prague has direct air links with three Chinese cities.

The new direct flight between Budapest and Shanghai will give a significant boost to Chinese tourist numbers in Hungary, the minister said. It will also allow the two countries to increase bilateral trade turnover, he added.

Source: MTI

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