China Flights Update — 17 August 2026
flights • 17 August 2026
Several **new international routes to China** are being added or resumed in late 2026, with the most notable one for travellers being Cebu Pacific’s new **Cebu–Shanghai** service starting on **17 November**. According to SunStar, it will operate **three times weekly** on **Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays**, with Shanghai–Cebu return flights from **18 November** on **Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays**.[3] Other fresh China-bound services are also coming online. China Daily reports that Vietnam’s Sun PhuQuoc Airways launched a new **Chengdu–Ho Chi Minh City** route on **13 August**, operating **four flights a week**.[16] ECNS says 9 Air opened a **Yinchuan–Guangzhou–Singapore** international route on **11 August**, giving northwest China another Southeast Asia connection.[17] For Australian travellers planning onward trips or multi-city itineraries in Asia, these new routes can make China easier to reach via regional hubs. If you want, I can turn this into a short travel-news brief focused specifically on **new China international flights relevant to Australians**.