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Jun 15, 2018 (newstodate): Flights to China are top priority on Norway's wishing list - for a very long time..
Not least the country's exporters of seafood to the Chinese market are longing for a direct route out of Oslo Airport to avoid transfers of the temperature-sensitive shipments at other airports.
Already in December 2017, Hainan Airlines applied with the country's regulator CAAC for license to operate five weekly flights to Oslo, including three weekly rotations between Beijing and Oslo and two weekly rotations on the route between Oslo and Shenzhen, close to Hong Kong in southern China.
Pending final approval by all authorities involved, flights from Beijing were tentatively planned to start from April 2018, with flights from Shenzhen to launch from May 2018.
None of these plans have so far materialized, but at least the airline has now landed approval from the Chinese regulator for start of services between Beijing and Oslo with three weekly rotations, and Avinor will certainly not put up any obstacles for granting slots at Oslo Airport either.
But one thing is for the carrier to have green lights from China and Norway.
Another thing is to actually set up and launch the flights...
Not least the country's exporters of seafood to the Chinese market are longing for a direct route out of Oslo Airport to avoid transfers of the temperature-sensitive shipments at other airports.
Already in December 2017, Hainan Airlines applied with the country's regulator CAAC for license to operate five weekly flights to Oslo, including three weekly rotations between Beijing and Oslo and two weekly rotations on the route between Oslo and Shenzhen, close to Hong Kong in southern China.
Pending final approval by all authorities involved, flights from Beijing were tentatively planned to start from April 2018, with flights from Shenzhen to launch from May 2018.
None of these plans have so far materialized, but at least the airline has now landed approval from the Chinese regulator for start of services between Beijing and Oslo with three weekly rotations, and Avinor will certainly not put up any obstacles for granting slots at Oslo Airport either.
But one thing is for the carrier to have green lights from China and Norway.
Another thing is to actually set up and launch the flights...