Consul General Julius Caesar A. Flores attended as Guest of Honor the Annual Conference cum Dinner Reception of Xiamen Air/Xiamen Air Travel on 03 January 2017 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Xiamen City.

This is the first time in 32 years that Xiamen Air/Xiamen Air Travel have organized an Annual Conference cum Dinner Reception which was attended by almost 600 guests led by Mr.  Huang Guohui, Vice General Manager of Xiamen Air and Mr. Deng Dongtao, General Manager of Xiamen Air Travel.

Mr. Deng officially announced that Xiamen Air will launch new routes including Fuzhou-Cebu and Quanzhou-Cebu in 2017. Xiamen Air re-opened the Xiamen-Cebu route in March 2016, flying three times weekly, in support of the Consulate General’s economic diplomacy thrusts, underscoring the sister-city partnership between Cebu and Xiamen.

The new routes to be launched in 2017 would enhance the already existing strong air linkages between the Philippines and Fujian province, including Xiamen-Manila, Xiamen-Cebu and Quanzhou (Jinjiang)-Manila.

Xiamen Air boasts of the only all-Boeing fleet of a Chinese carrier and in 2016, flew 3.6 million passengers with a gross income of RMB 460 million and net income of RMB 22 million. Xiamen Air Travel forms part of the Xiamen Air’s conglomeration providing travel and tour services to its passengers. Xiamen Air and Xiamen Air Travel are subsidiary companies of China Southern Airllines.

The Consulate General has always underscored the importance of air links (to all airline partners) which contribute in nurturing relations between countries/regions and peoples, enhancing cooperation in trade, business, tourism and people-to-people contacts. Xiamen Air is one of the Consulate General’s valuable airline partners in its economic diplomacy thrusts including promotion of the Philippines as a tourist destination to the Fujian/China market. END