New routes to Ningbo and Hangzhou
Plus, S7 Airlines links Irkutsk and Ulaanbaatar
New routes to Ningbo and Hangzhou
Plus, S7 Airlines links Irkutsk and Ulaanbaatar
October 23rd, 2026. Spring Japan is set to restart its service linking Tokyo and Ningbo. The route will operate daily from November 8th until January 12th.
Flight number IJ101 will depart from Tokyo’s Narita International Airport at 08:20 and will arrive at Ningbo Lishe International Airport at 11:20. The return leg, flight number IJ102, will leave Ningbo at 12:20 and land back in Tokyo at 16:20.
The flight time will be three hours in each direction, and the route will be served by Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
Hanoi to Hangzhou
Vietnam Airlines is resuming its connection between Hanoi and Hangzhou after a hiatus of over three and a half years. The new service will operate four times a week with two different time slots commencing on November 22nd.
On Sundays and Thursdays, flight number VN552 will take off from Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport at 18:55 and will touch down at Xiaoshan International Airport, Hangzhou, at 22:50. The return trip, flight number VN553, will leave Hangzhou at 23:55 and arrive back in Hanoi at 02:15 the next day.
On Mondays and Fridays, flight number VN558 will depart from Hanoi at 16:20 and land in Hangzhou at 20:10. The return leg, flight number VN559, will leave Hangzhou at 21:15 and arrive back in Hanoi at 23:35.
The route will be served by an Airbus A321 aircraft, and the outbound journey will last two hours and fifty minutes, and the return will be about half an hour longer.
Irkutsk to Ulaanbaatar
Russia’s S7 Airlines will be launching a service linking Irkutsk and the Mongolian capital, Ulaanbaatar. The route will operate twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays starting on December 11th.
Flight number S76341 will depart from Irkutsk International Airport at 00:05 and touch down at Chinggis Khaan International Airport, Ulaanbaatar, at 01:20. The return leg, flight number S76342, will leave Ulaanbaatar at 02:00 and touch down again in Irkutsk at 03:25.
An Embraer E170 aircraft has been earmarked for the route, and the journey time will be seventy-five minutes for the outbound flight and about ten minutes more for the return.
Picture: Tianyi Square, Ningbo via Wikimedia Commons
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