{"id":264598,"date":"2025-08-10T07:32:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T21:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/melbourne-airport-new-a330-flights-shenzhen-airlines-australia-debut\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T07:32:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T21:32:53","slug":"melbourne-airport-to-get-new-airbus-a330-flights-as-this-airline-marks-australian-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=264598","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne Airport To Get New Airbus A330 Flights As This Airline Marks Australian Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new carrier will grace the apron at Melbourne from December, with Chinese carrier, Shenzhen Airlines<\/a><\/span>, announcing its intentions to serve Australia for the first time. The direct flight, which will depart from Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport<\/a><\/span> (SZX) three times a week, will commence on December 22, utilizing an Airbus A330-300 aircraft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One bold move by a Chinese carrier will bring Melbourne its tenth direct link to mainland China, challenging existing routes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1603,396,476,273,513,12014,1678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-264598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airbus-a330-300","category-aircraft","category-airlines","category-australia","category-melbourne-airport","category-shenzhen-airlines","category-shenzhen-baoan-international-airport"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t