A China Eastern Airlines hostess shows the way to the passenger terminal. [Photo/WeChat account: haimendianshitai]

Nantong Xingdong International Airport will introduce a new flight schedule for summer and autumn on March 28, linking the coastal city in East China's Jiangsu province with 44 other cities across the country.

Three new airlines – China Eastern Airlines, Juneyao Airlines and Tibet Airlines – will operate from the airport, bringing the total number of carriers at the airport to 15, with nearly 800 passenger flights per week.

China Eastern Airlines will launch a route connecting Nantong with Changsha, capital of Central China's Hunan province on March 28. The aircraft will depart Changsha at 10:50 and arrive in Nantong at 12:50 every day. The return flight will take off in Nantong at 13:40 and land in Changsha at 15:40.

Juneyao Airlines will introduce a route linking Nantong with Wenzhou in East China's Zhejiang province and Dalian in Northeast China's Liaoning province on April 18. 

Flight HO1837 will leave Nantong at 17:10 and arrive in Dalian at 18:55. The return flight will leave Dalian at 20:00 and stop in Nantong at 22:05, before heading for Wenzhou at 22:50. The flight from Wenzhou to Nantong will take off at 14:55 every day.

Tibet Airlines will operate a flight connecting Nantong with Mianyang in Southwest China's Sichuan province and Lhasa, capital of Tibet autonomous region, once every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, starting March 30.

Flight number TV9822 will take off in Nantong at 15:25 and stop in Mianyang at 18:25 before arriving in Lhasa at 21:40.

The return flight will leave Lhasa and Mianyang at 8:50 and 11:50 respectively and arrive in Nantong at 14:35.

In addition, the airport will add two routes to Yuncheng in Shanxi province and Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture in Yunnan province and resume tourist routes to Haikou, Sanya, Huangshan, Zhangjiajie and more, to meet passenger demand.