CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES LAUNCHES ITS GUANGZHOUVANCOUVER - MEXICO CITY ROUTE IN APRIL

On April 10th, 2017, China Southern Airlines will launch a new service from Guangzhou to Mexico City via Vancouver, operated by the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. This will be China Southern’s flrst flight to Latin America, and the company’s longest international route as well.

Text by Meng Yongning&Zhou Tianrui&Wen Juan Translation by Tao Wenjia Photos by CFP

墨西哥开航：别样的拉美游

2017年4月10日，南航将开通广州—温哥华—墨西哥城航线。这是南航第一条飞往拉丁美洲的航线，开航之后也将成为南航最长的国际航线，由梦想飞机波音B787执飞。

从墨西哥城开始拉丁美洲之旅。

Start a trip to Latin America from Mexico City全新的选择

The round-trip service from Guangzhou to Mexico City will make a stopover at Vancouver. It is China Southern's flrst flight to Latin America, offering a new option to passengers.

China Southern Airlines and its SkyTeam partner, Aeromexico, will work together to provide network interconnections. When visitors arrive in Mexico City, they will be able to travel conveniently to 20 cities in Mexico and 12 other cities in the Americas including Cancun, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Havana, Lima, Santiago and other places through the agreement between China Southern and Aeromexico.

Mexico City is the capital of Mexico, located in the valley of the plateau of the central and southern Mexico. It is the oldest city in the Western Hemisphere. As a world famous tourist city, Mexico City has many historical sites such as the Constitution Square, the Teotihuacan ancient city, the sun pyramid and the moon pyramid. They attract thousands of visitors every day to visit. With the launch of the Guangzhou - Vancouver - Mexico City service, China Southern will set up an efflcient air bridge to have a personal taste of the Mexican enthusiasm and the exotic Mexican style.

Make the Mexican tourism more popular把墨西哥旅游推向大众化

During the new service promotion period from April to June, China Southern Airlines will provide special prices for seat selecting in advance/ paid seat selecting/additional free luggage/ holiday sales, etc., on various China Southern marketing platforms such as the offlcial website, APP and WeChat.

According to Xiao Yong, general manager of China Southern Airlines Guangzhou Offlce, they have been working closely with large travel agencies and product providers to launch a variety of tourism products to Mexico to meet the needs of different customers. "Before the launch, the travel from China to Mexico is very expensive. As a result, people rarely choose this destination and travel packages are usually around RMB18,000-28,000 yuan. We believe that this market will be very promising with the frequent economic and trade exchanges between China and Mexico, as well as the diversiflcation of the domestic tourist market . "

Currently, China Southern Airlines has 6 routes with 5 destinations in North America: Guangzhou - Los Angeles, Guangzhou - Vancouver, Guangzhou -Toronto, Guangzhou - New York, Guangzhou - San Francisco, Guangzhou - Wuhan - San Francisco. After the launch of the Mexico City service, the carrier will have 6 destinations in North America with 48 flights per week during the summerautumn flight season. With the continuous increase of destinations and flight frequencies, China Southern's North America route network will also continues to be improved for passengers to have more options traveling to the region.

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Visa 签证

this new route involves visas from both Mexico and Canada. If you hold a valid visa from Canada, then you can enter Mexico visa-free. If you hold a valid visa from the United States, Japan, Britain, or Schengen countries, you will have to apply for a Canadian transit visa to enter Mexico. If you don't have the above two types of visa, then you will have to apply for a valid visa for Mexico and a transit visa for Canada to take this flight via Vancouver to Mexico City.

该航线涉及墨西哥和加拿大两地签证，如旅客持有加拿大有效签证，可免签进入墨西哥；如持有美国、日本、英国或申根国家有效签证，只需加办加拿大过境签证，即可进入墨西哥；如无以上两类签证，旅客乘坐南航航班经温哥华前往墨西哥城，需同时持有可入境墨西哥的有效签证及加拿大过境签证。

Products on Sale优惠产品

If you log onto China Southern Airlines offlcial website, APP or WeChat, you can search the keyword “Mexico City” to gain access to extremely attractive deals during the promotion period (April to June). For example, the Mexican Ancient Indian Culture Tour will only cost RMB5159 yuan/ person, including the Guangzhou - Mexico City Round trip ticket (tax included) and 2 night downtown Mexico hotel fees; another option is the Mexican Maya Culture Tour for RMB4939 Yuan/ per, including round trip tickets from any domestic city - Mexico City (tax included), Mexican visa fee and Canadian visa fee.：

在南航官网、APP或者微信公众号打开南航假期，搜索墨西哥城，就可以看到推广期（4月到6月）极其优惠的打包产品，比如墨西哥古印第安文化之旅，广州—墨西哥城含税往返机票+2晚墨西哥市区酒店，¥5159起/人；再比如墨西哥玛雅文化之旅，国内城市—墨西哥城含税往返机票+墨西哥签证+加拿大签证，¥4939起/人等等。