China Civil Aviation Network correspondent Li Haiying reported: At 13:55 on October 28, 2025, China Southern Airlines flight CZ8533 landed smoothly at Xilinhot Airport, marking the complete success of the maiden flight of the Xilinhot-Zhengzhou-Guangzhou route.
The newly opened route is operated by Boeing 737-800 aircraft, and the schedule is every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. According to the flight plan, flight CZ8533 took off from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport at 08:25 and arrived at Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport at 10:50; Take off from Zhengzhou at 11:50 and arrive at Xilinhot Airport at 14:05. CZ8534 takes off from Xilinhot at 14:55 and arrives in Zhengzhou at 17:05; Take off from Zhengzhou at 18:05 and land in Guangzhou at 20:35. The whole flight time is about 6 hours, and it can also realize rapid north-south transfer through Zhengzhou hub, providing passengers with efficient travel options.
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Presenting Hada to the crew (all pictures in this article are provided by Xilinhot)
To celebrate the opening of the route, Xilinhot Airport and China Southern Airlines launched preferential fares from Xilinhot to Guangzhou from 780 yuan, and from Xilinhot to Zhengzhou from 430 yuan (excluding the fuel cost of machine construction), providing affordable travel options for business, tourism, visiting relatives and other groups.
The opening of this route marks that the route network layout of Xilinhot Airport has been optimized and adjusted again. It closely connects Xilingol Prairie, Zhengzhou Central Plains Culture and Guangzhou Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area, which not only provides the poetic trip of "saying goodbye to the sea of clouds in the grassland and enjoying the night view of the Pearl River at dusk" for the majority of tourists, but also promotes personnel exchanges, material circulation and cultural exchanges between the north and the south, and builds a more convenient bridge. (Editor: Li Jiahuan Proofreader: Xu Haocun Reviewer: Cheng Ling)