Air China begins Bucharest - Zagreb sales

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Air China, which last week commenced sales for its upcoming new Beijing - Bucharest - Zagreb service has now put ticket on sales for the short intra-European sector. The airline has been granted fifth freedom traffic rights between the two cities from September 4. Tickets can be purchased through Online Travel Agents such as Trip.com and Expedia, with one-way economy class fares currently starting at 228 euros. Fifth freedom rights are those enabling an airline to carry passengers between two foreign countries as part of a route connected to its home country.

Fifth freedom flights are not uncommon. Examples of other intra-European services include Emirates between Larnaca and Malta, Ethiopian Airlines between Vienna and Copenhagen, Stockholm and Oslo, as well as Geneva and Manchester, Sichuan Airlines between Istanbul and Athens, as well as Singapore Airlines between Milan and Barcelona.

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  1. Anonymous14:45

    A reasonable 228euros...thats gonna be popular...

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    1. Anonymous14:51

      and that's one way...

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    2. Anonymous14:55

      There are return tickets for around 320€ but that remains very expensive for such a short flight.

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    3. Anonymous15:02

      Oh yeah. Way too much.

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    4. Anonymous18:30

      clearly with these prices they don't look to be taking many passengers. I guess its more of a bonus revenue until such time as flights are direct. JU have some good deals in October which are significantly lower. Might be fun to use the flight for fun (if one doesn't mind spending a bit more)

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    5. Anonymous19:11

      JU doesn't fly Zagreb-Bucharest.

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    6. Anonymous19:24

      ^ You know completely well what is meant

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    7. Anonymous20:20

      What does it mean? Air China is the only airline which will fly directly between two destinations. Lufthansa, Austrian, LOT or Air Serbia offer only transfer flights.

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    8. Anonymous20:36

      It means JU have some good deals between Zagreb and Bucharest with a transit in Belgrade. So either you are deliberately obtuse or ignorant :) and i assume its the former.

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    9. Anonymous21:29

      So? Other airlines have also good deals for transfer flights.

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    10. Anonymous22:01

      Indeed. And your point being?

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    11. Anonymous11:11

      You both know what your points are

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    12. Michael08:24

      I'm just glad this isn't going to be the only option. The price is kinda ridiculous.
      Do you know how much will those JU deals be - approx. at least? Bucharest feels like a nice city break destination, but it's definitely not close. It's almost as far as Paris from Zagreb.

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  2. Anonymous17:15

    Why only through OTA?

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  3. Anonymous17:48

    Zašto karte Zagreb - Peking nije moguće kupiti preko web stranice Air China ili skyscanner ?

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    1. Anonymous18:30

      It shows on Skyscanner.

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    2. Anonymous22:24

      SkyScanner does not sell tickets, it's just a way to find good deals.

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    3. Anonymous05:50

      Moguće je kupiti na Air China stranici i letovi su vidljivi na skyscanneru koji linka na agencije gdje se također mogu kupiti karte sasvim normalno.,

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  4. Anonymous19:39

    I just checked the tickets, and instead of flying to Beijing through Bucharest one can go to Vienna with Austrian Airlines, and there catch Air China 842. And this will 2:50 hours faster and only 22€ more. Funny.

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    1. Anonymous19:49

      Competition is good for consumers indeed.

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    2. Michael08:50

      When is that? I was looking for September 23d...the flight via Vienna is 58€ more expensive and it lasts half an hour longer. The layover in Vienna is 4h and 25 mins long.
      On that date this flight is definitely the best - the shortest, cheapest and simplest from Zagreb.
      It's just so hilarious that a one way flight to Beijing costs 631€ while the one to Bucharest is 328€ - more than half. 🤷

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  5. Anonymous09:34

    Useless flight.

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    1. Anonymous10:19

      Unlike your comment, this flight is going places..

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    2. Anonymous08:26

      +100

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  6. Anonymous12:53

    They will have tought competition in LHG who offers flights via MUC and VIE for cheaper price and less flying time.

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  7. Anonymous13:20

    In the meanwhile Purger branded it as Beijing-Zagreb flights and he is literally drooling over it.

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  8. Anonymous07:30

    Reminds me when they were CAAC and flew PEK-OTP-BEG.

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