Guiyang increases flights for 2026 Spring Rush

China Southern Airlines Guizhou Branch has launched new direct routes, ramped up the frequency of popular flights, and improved operational efficiency since the start of this year, preparing for the looming Spring Rush. 

Passengers check in at the airport. [Photo/colorful Guizhou network]

The branch has focused on optimizing the layout of its route network, striving to shorten travel times and increase flight frequencies.

 A new direct route between Guiyang and Shenyang, capital of Liaoning province (flight CZ8499/8500), has opened. It departs from Guiyang at 9:30 am every day and arrives in Shenyang at 1:05 pm; the return flight leaves Shenyang at 2:05 pm and returns to Guiyang at 6:15 pm.

The opening of this route has slashed travel times between Northeast and Southwest China, reducing the flight time from 5 or 6 hours including stopovers to around 3 hours, greatly facilitating personnel exchanges between the two regions.

The company has also increased flight frequency on multiple high-passenger-flow routes. It has added a Guiyang-Urumqi flight (flight CZ5613/5614), which departs Guiyang at 7:40 am daily and arrives in Urumqi at 12:00 pm; the return flight takes off from Urumqi at 1:00 pm and returns to Guiyang at 5:10 pm.

A Guiyang-Hangzhou route (flight CZ5525/5526) has been added, with the flight departing Guiyang at 8:15 am daily and arriving in Hangzhou at 10:30 am; the return flight takes off from Hangzhou at 11:40 am and returns to Guiyang at 2:30 pm.

The Guiyang-Yiwu route (Flight CZ5765/5766) has also been made denser. The new flight departs Guiyang at 7:15 pm daily and arrives in Yiwu at 9:15 pm; the return flight takes off from Yiwu at 10:00 pm and returns to Guiyang at 0:35 am the next day.

Passengers disembark a plane. [Photo/colorful Guizhou network]

After these adjustments, there are now three daily flights from Guiyang to both Hangzhou and Urumqi, and two daily flights from Guiyang to Shenyang and Yiwu, providing passengers with more flexible schedule options.

Through the precise deployment of capacity, China Southern Airlines' routes originating from Guiyang now cover 28 cities across the country, establishing a three-dimensional aviation network that reaches all directions of China.