Current destinations served by Wenzhou Airport.
As of October 2020, Cathay Pacific has merged with Dragon Air. The 8 fights per week from WNZ to HKG have been termintated. Hong Kong Express airlines, newly purchased from Cathay Pacific might start to operate from Wenzhou to Hong Kong, but not well into 2021 or later.
With the exception of a daily flight or two to Taiwan, Macao and Hong Kong, few international flights leave Wenzhou. There are some noteworthy exceptions. During travel periods such as long weekends and Golden Week, charters operate to destinations such as Bangkok, Vietnam and Cambodia. These flights are hard to locate and there may be only one or two dates where these flights exist. They come to be as a tour group requests it and then the extra seats are sold to the public.
This is about to change. Since the new domestic terminal opened, the old terminal which became the international terminal, is begging to be used. In the next few weeks. Bali, Bangkok, Cambodia, Japan and Korea. Soon, certainly other destinations will come online, which we can fly to non-stop. The international airport (Terminal 1) has also placed eGates in position which we may be able to use in the future. Note that Chinese airports have unfortunately developed their own rules from everything to luggage content requirements to immigration rules. My eGate pass for Guangzhou will not work outside of that area, which is weird as my visa is from Wenzhou but I can’t use the eGates here.
Within China, Wenzhou serves a massive amount of cities from extreme NE, the West and the extreme SW. I am always surprised by how many new destinations open each year flying out of Wenzhou. No flights serve the nearby cities of Fuzhou and Xiamen, although Xiamen will likely have flights in the future as their airport explodes in terms of international traffic. Travelers from Wenzhou will hopefully get a connection to fly out of it to N. America and Europe. The prices are competitive internationally out of Xiamen.
As of November 2019, here are the destinations that one can fly out of Wenzhou. Taken from Wikipedia but I dummy booked a few of these in a sampling of the flights I looked at and all are current destinations but quite a few don’t have daily service, especially the farther one is away from Wenzhou. Most smaller airports (cities you’ve never heard before) don’t have daily service. Note Covid has changed some of this list.
New Service when entering US airports Courtesy of the US Border Patrol – Free
This post is relevant to all WKU staff who have a US or Canadian passport and travel from overseas into the US.
Homeland Security and Border Patrol have finally created a program that allows travelers to use a secure app to enter their information, and then turn on your phone when you land, or snag some wifi and by the time you get to the immigration counter a few minutes later from the jet bridge, you’ll avoid the line-ups as you can enter a special lane and within 2 mins be on your way.
This is only valid at the largest US airports except both at Houston, although by the end of 2017, both Hobby and IAH will have the facilities. The cities that most of us fly in that have this are:
Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Minneapolis, JFK and Newark (NOT LGA), Orlando, Raleigh, San Jose, Seattle, Tampa and Dulles.
It is free, secure and a relief after traveling 16-20+ hours from China to get home.
Read more in detail on thepointsguy website here.
Air Asia BIG SALE
Each year, Air Asia, rather best Low Cost Carrier in Asia and the world several times over has their BIG SALE. It started March 12 and goes on until March 19. Consider flying out of Hangzhou or Shanghai which are the closest cities to Wenzhou.
The Air Asia website is user friendly and works great.
http://www.airasia.com/ot/en/promotion.page
New Flights out of Fuzhou and Quanzhou direct to Cebu
Two new routes are opening up in April, 2017 with Xiamen Airlines. Xiamen airlines is a large carrier and is adding a route a month to international destinations. It just added Vancouver and Amsterdam recently and will add direct flights to the US, according to its future expansion plans.
Currently, there are 3 flights a week from XIAmen to CEBu, 2 flights a week from FUZhou to CEB and 2 flights a week from Quanzhou (JJN) to Cebu.
Because Wenzhou is poorly connected to SE Asia by direct flights, taking a high speed train and then taxi/bus to Cebu and other destinations can save time and money in some instances.
ChaShan map of supermarkets and bus stops
If living in ChaShan or soon to be living on campus, ChaShan is the closest location to get to several supermarkets and other buinesses.
Li Ao is where WKU is located
The area that was razed to make room for WKU is called Li Ao. On Baidu maps, Big Li Ao still exists just past WKU if traveling further before turning off to WKU. The whole set of villages might have been called Li Ao, but from what I can see, it just means the few farming towns in the valley area below the mountain.
The noodle lady in Cafeteria One at the first food counter had this to say when I asked her where she was from,
“I’m from under your feet.”
She, her brother and family were temporarily moved to nearby housing, although it’s far enough away that her brother takes her on his motorcycle to work each morning. She said that she would be moving into the large housing complex next to WKU when they are ready for occupancy.
Taiwan, Don’t forget about China-lite
As CNN recently wrote, Taiwan does some things better than anywhere.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/15/travel/10-things-taiwan/
Having lived in Taiwan for over four years, I think it’s time to throw in some superlatives.
- Highest mountains in Asia outside the Himilayas
- Best foodie country anywhere
- Young Taiwanese baristas who went to Europe and bought back a high-end coffee culture that spread island-wide and could rival Florence or Napoli for price and quality.
- Widest range of funky accommodation imaginable
- More scooters than fathomable
- Flights direct from Wenzhou or any Chinese city to Taipei (this is quite recent)
- Highly developed infrastructure that makes tourism convenient
- Most 7-11s per capita in the world
- Largest (by far) Chinese relic, art and antiquity collection
- Free Wi-fi absolutely everywhere in Taipei
- Lots of foreigners, so lots of nightlife, bars and restaurants
- Tallest building from 2004-2010
Low Cost Carriers in Asia
Asia has 52 low cost carriers or LCCs. Most have incredibly new aircraft. Baggage can be as little as $5.00-$15.00 on some routes and they are sometimes the only carriers options that fly to some desirable islands, such as AirAsia, and CebuPacific.
Here is a list of low cost carriers that have extensive routes and also fly long distance flights from their hubs to the Asian sub-continent, Australia, Indian Ocean Islands, all East Asian countries and some even fly to Europe for peanuts if one gets a ONE peso or $6. seat sale that happens several times a year. Throw in the taxes and one can get on a plane for as much as a mojito in New York City. In reality though, expect to pay $50 for every hour of flight and much less if booked on a seat sale and much more if it is a holiday.
AirAsia (flies out of Huangzhou,Shanghai)
| Hub City | Destinations | |
| AirAsia | Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu, smaller other ones | Over 100 cities all over SE Asia |
| AirAsia Philippines | Manila | Main cities in Philippines + Kuala Lumpur |
| AirAsia India | Bangalore | A few in India + Kuala Lumpur |
| AirAsia Indonesia | Jakarta | Dozen cities in Indo + Kuala Lumpur |
| Thai AirAsia | Bangkok (Don Mueng Airport) | Thailand + int’l |
| AirAsiaX | Long haul flights on any AirAsia – flat beds available | |
Cebu Pacific (flies out of Xiamen)
Very large low-cost airline with flights to Australia, Middle East, most of Asia and 50 cities in the Philippines. Seat sales are often $30.US to destinations within the Philippines if booked on any of their frequent seat sales. Hubs are in Manila and Cebu City.
Tiger Airways (flies out of Jinjiang and Ningbo)
Singapore LCC has some super cheap deals. Flies to many major Asian cities.
Firefly Malaysia
Fantastic LCC within Malaysia.
BangKok Airways
A medium sized LCC operating out of Bangkok
Other LCCs in SE Asia include:
ValueAir – Singapore base
Scoot – Singapore base
JetStar – Singapore and Australian hubs
Other smaller LCCs are LionAir Indonesia, MasWings Malaysia, Mandala Air Indonesia, BataviaAir Indonesia, Nok-Air Thailand, Orient Air Phuket and Virgin Blue Australia which flies to Indonesia
Japan, South Korea and China also have low cost carriers. Peach is a good one in Japan and so from what I can see, the low cost carriers in China cost more than the non-LCC carriers.
Map of Train Distance in terms of Time to Regional Cities Near WNZ
Train times vary according to the amount of station stops of that train. Times can be 15-30 minutes longer or shorter on some trains.
Get Out of Wenzhou - A site related to maps, flights and places related to wenzhou 