Greater Bay Airlines starts scheduled service to Datong this week

Yungang Grottoes

Datong Art Museum

(18 September 2025) Greater Bay Airlines (GBA) starts operating a scheduled service to Datong, Shanxi Province this week, making it a total of eight destinations in the airline’s Chinese Mainland network. This new route operates two flights per week, every Tuesday and Saturday, between Hong Kong and Datong (Datong Yungang International Airport).

Located in the northern part of Shanxi Province, Datong is among the nine ancient cities in China and is a National Famous Historical and Cultural City designated by the State Council back in 1982. On top of numerous tourist attractions are the Yungang Grottoes that were inscribed in the list of the World Heritage Sites by UNESCO in 2001. The stunning Mount Hengshan, also known as North Yue, is one of the five great mountains in China. The key protected cultural relics of the city include Huayan Temple, Shanhua Temple and Xuankong Temple. The Datong Art Museum’s sculptural form that is conceived as a series of interconnected pyramids is another must see.

The flight schedule of the Hong Kong – Datong service is as follows:

Hong Kong (HKG) – Datong (DAT) (Datong Yungang International Airport)

To book a trip, customers may visit the GBA website (www.greaterbay-airlines.com), GBA mobile app or contact their travel agents.

A value carrier based in Hong Kong, GBA commenced scheduled service in July 2022 and is currently operating scheduled flights between Hong Kong and Bangkok, Taipei, Tokyo, Osaka, Sendai, Sapporo, Manila, Phu Quoc, Zhoushan, Huangshan, Yichang, Guilin, Zhangjiajie, Quanzhou, Xuzhou and Datong with a fleet of Boeing 737-800 aircraft. For more information, please visit www.greaterbay-airlines.com.

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