____________________________________________________________ In this issue: - United to Add Chicago-Shanghai Non-Stop Flight - FlyChina Site Adds Hotel Bookings and Tour Sources - Book Your US Domestic and Europe Trip with Low Fare Wizard - China No Longer Collect Airport Construction Fee at Site - U.S.-China Air Pact: New Airlines to Be Added - Winter Flight Schedule Available - Christmas and New Year Holiday Travel Tips - Convenient China Visa Service ____________________________________________________________ UNITED TO ADD CHICAGO-SHANGHAI NON-STOP FLIGHT United is adding its second daily non-stop flights to Shanghai effective October 31, 2004. The new Chicago- Shanghai route will be the shortest flights between central and eastern US and Shanghai. The existing non-stop flights between San Francisco and Shanghai will continue. United also operates a daily San Francisco-Beijing non-stop flight and a daily Chicago- Beijing non-stop flight. By this capacity, United operates total of 4 daily flights to mainland China, the most among all carriers. In addition, United offers more flights to China out of New York JFK, Los Angeles and San Francisco, operated by its code- share partner Air China. The new flight schedule is available on our website http://www.flychina.com/usa2sha0.htm. ____________________________________________________________ FLYCHINA SITE ADDS HOTEL BOOKINGS AND TOUR SOURCES You can now search best hotel rates in China, Asia and anywhere around the world on our website, click here: http://www.flychina.com/hotels.htm If you need a one-day tour to the Great Wall while you visit Beijing , or want fly to Xi'an, the ancient capital for a couple of days, check our tour page for those tour information: http://www.flychina.com/tours.htm. ____________________________________________________________ BOOK YOUR US DOMESTIC AND EUROPE TRIP WITH LOW FARE WIZARD Now you can also book your US domestic trips or your trips to Europe and anywhere around the globe using our Low Fare Wizard. Going to Las Vegas, Orlando, Paris or Vienna? Just try it. http://www.flychina.com/desk.htm. ____________________________________________________________ CHINA NO LONGER COLLECT AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION FEE AT SITE Beginning September 1, 2004, China's airports will stop collect airport construction fee at airports. Instead, the fee will added to air tickets as airport taxes. The airport taxes are 90 Yuan RMB (US$10.87) for each international departure, and 50 Yuan RMB (US$6.04) for each China domestic departure, respectively. Connecting flights are subject to the airport taxes as well. The change makes it easier for the travelers. In USA and many other countries, those taxes are being collected with air tickets. Since there are many taxes for each ticket, it is not unusual that a US-China ticket has a total tax amount of over $120. Tax amounts vary with destinations, routes and carriers. ___________________________________________________________ U.S.-CHINA AIR PACT: NEW AIRLINES TO BE ADDED China and the U.S. reached an air services agreement on June 18, 2004 that could dramatically increase service between the two countries over the next six years. It will let five additional airlines from each country serve the market. The U.S. and China also agreed to allow each country's carriers to serve any city in the other country, and permit unlimited code sharing between U.S. and Chinese airlines. American Airlines plans to apply for the authority to offer nonstop Chicago-Shanghai service on 777 aircraft. "Chicago is a huge local market and a connecting center where American Airlines can offer convenient access to China from dozens of cities in our U.S. network, and is the perfect choice to operate services provided by the new route authority," American Airlines said. Currently, American Airlines sells US-China tickets with its services to Japan using a third carrier such as Air China, JAL, ANA, and China Eastern between Japan and China. American Airlines is also currently code-shared with China Eastern Airlines for the daily Los Angeles- Shanghai-Beijing flight. ___________________________________________________________ WINTER FLIGHT SCHEDULE AVAILABLE We have put up winter flight schedule of all major airlines. Please take a look at: http://www.flychina.com/flights.htm ____________________________________________________________ CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR HOLIDAY TRAVEL TIPS Take your winter vacation in China? Now is the time to plan. Low-fare seats for travel between mid-December and early January are being sold out quickly. You can get your ticket at http://www.flychina.com/desk.htm ____________________________________________________________ CONVENIENT CHINA VISA SERVICE If you are not a Chinese citizen, then you need a visa to enter China. We provide a convenient visa service. Application form and info are available at your fingertip: http://www.flychina.com/chinavisa.htm Non-rush single entry visa costs $89 with return DHL shipping included. ____________________________________________________________ Any questions? Just call us: 800-318-1363 or 954-233-0680 FlyChina is a member of Better Business Bureau and its BBB Online Reliability Program.