Direct Flight Between Chengdu to Shangri-la to be Opened Next Month

Sichuan Airlines will start direct flights from Chengdu to Shangri-la from 2nd,August,2010. Every week, there will be 3 flights on Monday, Wednsday and Friday respectedly.The airfare is RMB980, and it takes only 1 hour from Chengdu to Shangri-la.

Before the opening of directed flight, tourists who wanna go to Shangri-la from chengdu have to reach Panzhihua or Lijiang firstly, and then drive to Shangri-la. Now, it can save more than 5 hours taking direct flight from Chengdu to Shangri-la, Which Greatly improves the efficiency of the whole trip.In addition, the cost also can be saved a lot.