Direct flight links Guangzhou, Nagoya

The airliners on the parking aprons of the Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. [Photo by Deng Hua/Xinhua]

China Eastern Airlines opened a new air route linking south China's Guangzhou with Japan's Nagoya, according to the airlines.

From April 9 to June 6, the flight FM807 departs each day except Friday from Guangzhou at 8:45 a.m. Beijing time and arrives at Nagoya at 12:50 p.m. local time and the return flight FM808 departs at 1:50 p.m. local time and arrives in Guangzhou at 5:10 Beijing time.

After June 6, the flight will operate daily.

Japan was among China's top 10 largest source markets of tourism in 2018, according to China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism.