Greater Bay to Hohhot and the Maldives
Sichuan Airlines to launch Chengdu to Vientiane service
Greater Bay to Hohhot and the Maldives
Sichuan Airlines to launch Chengdu to Vientiane service
February 9th, 2026. Greater Bay Airlines has launched a new service from its home base in Hong Kong to Hohhot, the capital of China’s Inner Mongolia province. The flight will operate four times a week on Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Flight number HB920 takes off from Hong Kong International Airport at 13:55, except Wednesdays when its slot is twenty minutes later at 14:15. The flight touches down at Baita International Airport, Hohhot at 17:00 on all days. The return trip, flight number HB921, leaves Hohhot at 17:55 and lands back in Hong Kong at 21:20.
The route will be served by Boeing 737-900 aircraft, and the journey time will be a little over three hours.
Hong Kong to Male
The airline is also taking reservations for a seasonal service between Hong Kong and the Maldives. The route will operate daily between July 1st and August 31st.
Flight number HB500 will depart from Hong Kong at 13:50 and arrive at Male Velana International Airport at 17:30. The return leg, flight number HB501, departs from Male at 19:45 and arrives back in Hong Kong at 06:00 the following morning.
The flight duration will be approximately six hours and forty minutes for the outbound journey, and about half an hour longer for the return. A Boeing 737-900 aircraft will serve the route.
Chengdu to Vientiane
Meanwhile, Sichuan Airlines will be launching a service linking Chengdu with Vientiane, the capital of Laos. The route will operate four times a week, departing on Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Flight number 3U3927 will take off from Chengdu’s Tianfu International Airport at 22:45 and will land at Wattay International Airport, Vientiane at 00:25 the next morning. The return journey, flight number 3U3928, will leave Vientiane at 01:45 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays and land back in Chengdu at 05:15.
An Airbus A320 aircraft will serve the route, and the flight time will be about two and a half hours in each direction.
Picture: Five Pagodas Temple, Hohhot via Wikimedia Commons
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