United Airlines has started sales of its Boeing 787 Dreamliner non-stop flights to a new China destination, Xi’an. This will be the first non-stop service on a trans-Pacific flight to Xi’an and the first U.S. airline to serve this city.
Three times weekly flights to Xi’an between 8 May and 27 October 2016 will be operated on the Dreamliner subject to government approval.
Flights will depart San Francisco International Airport at 1.35pm on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays and arrive in Xi’an at 5.30pm the next day. Flights depart Xi’an Xianyang International Airport at 9.30am on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and arrive at San Francisco International Airport at 6.35am the same days.
Flight times will be approximately 12 hours 55 minutes westbound and 12 hours 5 minutes eastbound.
Xi’an is the capital of Shaanxi Province in central China, at the eastern end of the Silk Road with a population of over 8 million. The plains surrounding Xi’an are home to the famed Bingmayong Terracotta Warriors, thousands of life-size, hand-molded figures buried with China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang.
