An increase from 55 to 71 flights a week is probably worthy of its own thread rather than lumping it here, having said that I welcome the option of a day flight to/from BNE. The Novotel at CAN is a great option for the night before as well.
Pretty incredible, four daily CAN/SYD.
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Also yet another mid haul narrow body with god awful timings
Food is more than adequate in taste and quantity and although I do rate other Chinese carriers higher they are still ok. There is usually a western option available and whilst the wine list isn’t extensive they do have your normal compliment of spirits and a couple of beer options.
Actually, I still chuckle to myself of a story a former work colleague from NL who was shunted to CZ flying into Oz from AMS. After take off, he asked for a bourbon/whiskey (being an American expat) and the FA saying they didn’t have it but they have Beer and Wine. So he thought, guess I’ll have wine and asked what wines do they have? She said “We have a white wine and a red wine”… Hopefully they’ve improved.
The flight left Darwin way early and does not connect with Qantas services. Should it become a morning departure ex-CAN I believe and add Qantas Codeshare this could be attractive.New route:
China Southern Schedules Guangzhou – Darwin Dec 2025 Launch — AeroRoutes
Published at 0200PDT / 0900GMT 27AUG25 China Southern on Wednesday (27AUG25) afternoon local time opened reservations for its new route to Australia, as the carrier schedules Guangzhou – Darwin nonstop service, on board Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft. The airline will operate this route 3 times weekl
Somehow I think the timings of the flight are to optimise connections at CAN. So a 2150 departure from CAN and 1225 arrival back there almost certainly provides feed from all across China.
