【Financial News】Direct flight links China's Hohhot with Bangkok

今日导读：呼和浩特至曼谷直航旅游包机航线正式开通。据呼和浩特白塔国际机场工作人员介绍，呼和浩特至曼谷旅游包机航班由亚洲航空采用377座的空客A330-300型宽体客机执飞，在1月3日至2月18日期间计划执行6班。航班单程飞行时间约4小时30分钟。

A direct air route opened Sunday between Hohhot, capital of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and the Thai capital Bangkok, for the upcoming Spring Festival holiday.

According to the Baita International Airport in Hohhot, the Air Asia flight is scheduled between Jan. 3 and Feb. 18 to serve tourists during Spring Festival, a peak holiday period in China. The flight takes off from Bangkok at 2 p.m. local time, and arrives in Hohhot at 7:30 p.m. local time. The returning flight departs from Hohhot at 8:30 p.m. and lands in Bangkok at midnight.

The trip will take 4 hours and 30 minutes, according to the airport. During last Spring Festival holiday, Chinese outbound group travel tourists reached 5.2 million.Thailand was the most favored destination.