On the morning of April 7th, the Information Office of the People's Government of Zhanjiang City held a special press conference on the "Promoting High Quality Development" series - Zhanjiang Civil Aviation Construction, introducing the overall situation and future development plans of Zhanjiang Civil Aviation Construction. The reporter learned from the meeting that it is currently the summer and autumn flight season of civil aviation. Zhanjiang Wuchuan International Airport has newly opened or resumed five destinations including Shenzhen, Haikou, Yinchuan, Kashgar, and Tongren, and added three destinations including Guangzhou, Kunming, and Chongqing. Among them, Zhanjiang? The Shenzhen route will officially resume from Thursday, April 10th, with flight numbers ZH9327/9328 and a daily schedule of one flight per day. The aircraft type is A320, and the flight schedule is: departing from Shenzhen at 22:00 and arriving in Zhanjiang at 23:20; Zhanjiang takes off at 07:30 and arrives in Shenzhen at 08:40; The initial ticket price for resuming flights will be as low as around 300 yuan. It is reported that Zhanjiang? Due to strong market demand, the passenger load factor of the Guangzhou route has always been relatively high. Starting from March 30th this year, China Southern Airlines will increase the number of flights between Zhanjiang and Guangzhou. The encrypted flight numbers are CZ3331/3332, with 6 flights per week. The aircraft type is C909, and the flight schedule is every Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday: departing from Guangzhou at 12:45, arriving in Zhanjiang at 14:00, departing from Zhanjiang at 14:45, and arriving in Guangzhou at 16:00; Every Thursday and Friday: departing from Guangzhou at 12:45, arriving in Zhanjiang at 14:00, departing from Zhanjiang at 14:45, arriving in Guangzhou at 15:55, the flight schedule has been greatly improved compared to before. The opening and encryption of these two routes marks Zhanjiang's faster integration into the one hour living circle of the Greater Bay Area. With the optimization of the airline network, airports can provide more favorable ticket prices to citizens in the long run, helping the development of the Guangdong West Airlines market towards popularization. In recent years, Zhanjiang Wuchuan International Airport has actively expanded its aviation market, successfully introducing Urumqi Airlines to establish a base company in Zhanjiang, and cooperating with large logistics enterprises such as SF Express and Postal Service to open irregular all cargo flights. There are also 13 airlines such as Air China, China Eastern Airlines, and China Southern Airlines operating on-site. At present, Zhanjiang Wuchuan International Airport operates 32 routes, connecting with 30 cities including Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. In 2024, Zhanjiang Wuchuan International Airport completed a passenger throughput of approximately 3.22 million people and a cargo and mail throughput of approximately 9300 tons, with year-on-year growth of 17.3% and 27.7% respectively, both reaching historical highs. At present, Zhanjiang is accelerating the construction of a modern comprehensive transportation system with "one core and four links". Zhanjiang Wuchuan International Airport has achieved seamless connection with multiple highways and plans to connect with high-speed railways in the future, achieving "air rail intermodal transportation" and further improving the three-dimensional transportation network in western Guangdong. This will effectively promote the integration process of the Zhanjiang Maoming metropolitan area and promote the development of the coastal economic belt. Next, Zhanjiang City will take the high-quality development of Zhanjiang Wuchuan International Airport as an opportunity, rely on industry resource advantages, coordinate and do a good job in route expansion, supporting optimization, multimodal transport, publicity and promotion, actively create an aviation market pattern with rich routes, reasonable schedules, low ticket prices, and complete supporting facilities, meet the wishes of the general public for beautiful air travel, actively promote domestic and foreign commercial exchanges, and add new momentum and contribute new strength to the economic development of western Guangdong. (New Society)