Chinese airlines to Southeast Asia
West Air adds a route from Taiyuan to Yangon, Juneyao goes to Jakarta
Chinese airlines to Southeast Asia
West Air adds a route from Taiyuan to Yangon, Juneyao goes to Jakarta
September 23rd, 2026. China West Air has a new service linking Taiyuan and Nanning with Myanmar’s most populous city and former capital, Yangon, about to hit the runway. The service will operate twice a week on Mondays and Fridays and will commence on September 25th.
Flight number PN6535 will depart from Taiyuan Wusu International Airport at 10:00 and will arrive at Nanning Wuxu International Airport, Nanning at 13:00, where there will be A 90-minute stopover. The flight will take off again at 14:30 and touch down at Yangon International Airport at 15:30 local time.
In the opposite direction, flight number PN6536 will leave Yangon at 10:05 and will arrive at Nanning at 13:55. The journey will continue at 15:30 and arrive back in Taiyuan at 18:20.
The route will be served by an Airbus A320 aircraft, and the overall journey time will be seven hours for the outbound flight, and about 15 minutes quicker for the return.
* China West Air doesn’t appear to have an English language website, at least I couldn’t find one, but Skyscanner lists a few agents that are offering the flight.
Shanghai to Jakarta
Commencing on October 20th, Juneyao Airlines will launch a new route linking Shanghai with Jakarta. The service will operate three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
Flight number HO1567 will depart from Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport at 09:15 and will touch down at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta, at 14:45. The return journey, flight number HO1568, will leave Jakarta at 15:45 and will arrive back in Shanghai at 23:35.
The outbound journey will last six and a half hours, and the return will be about twenty minutes longer. An Airbus A320 Neo will serve the route.
* At the time of writing, this service wasn’t listed on the airline’s website, but Skyscanner listed several booking agents that are offering the flight.
Picture: Sule Pagoda and the Yangon rush hour ©David Sutton/themangoroad.com
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