SINGAPORE, 23 August 2024: Royal Brunei Airlines will suspend services to Beijing effective 27 October 2024, saying it’s a temporary measure until travel demand on the Bander Seri Begawan-Beijing route is restored.
The airline launched flights to Beijing in October 2019, paused service during the Covid-19 pandemic, and restarted flights in 2022.
The final flight to Beijing will be on 26 October 2024. RB operates flights to Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX) twice weekly on Thursday and Saturday. The flight using an A320 takes five hours and 25 minutes. The average roundtrip fare on the route is a healthy USD570. Flights from Bandar Seri Begawan
“RB will continue to monitor market conditions and aims to resume its services to Beijing once the current market conditions have improved. We sincerely apologise to the affected guests and are committed to assisting them with their travel plans to Beijing,” said RB Chief Executive Officer Sabirin Haji Abdul Hamid,
RB’s Beijing Longway International Travel Service, the general sales agent for China, continues to handle the account.
