What’s the happiest city in Anhui? It’s one of The Nanjinger’s favourite jokes, but worth trotting out again. Wuhu!!!! And those Wuhunians (yes, we made that up) now have another reason to be happy; the cheapest air tickets in the world, arguably!
Alert netizens have had their thumbs busy of late. Looking for cheap tickets. And they found some in Spring Airlines’ (春秋航空) recent promotion. Specifically, that would be ¥9 for a ticket between Wuhu, in southeastern-neighbouring Anhui, and Shenyang, capital of Liaoning Province in northeastern China.
警惕的网友最近忙得不可开交。寻找便宜的门票。他们在春秋航空最近的促销活动中发现了一些。具体来说，往返安徽东南部的芜湖和中国东北部辽宁省省会沉阳之间的机票价格为 9 元。
As the crow flies, that’s 1,245 kilometres. For ¥9. The price of a small and very-average carton of milk. Or ¥0.007 per kilometre. There’s no way that’s offsetting the fuel cost, to say nothing of carbon emissions.
直线飞行距离为 1,245 公里。 9 日元。一盒非常普通的小牛奶的价格。或每公里 0.007 日元。这无法抵消燃料成本，更不用说碳排放了。
But it doesn’t just stop at Shenyang, reports The World Journal. Spring Airlines is also offering ¥9 tickets out of Wuhu to Fuzhou, Shijiazhuang and elsewhere, while a ticket from Wuhu to tourist hotspot, Xiamen, costs an extortinate ¥59.
据《世界日报》报道，但它不仅仅停留在沉阳。春秋航空还推出了从芜湖出发飞往福州、石家庄等地的9元机票，而从芜湖飞往旅游热点厦门的机票价格则高达59元。
Not even easyJet or Ryanair can compete with that.
即使是易捷航空或瑞安航空也无法与之竞争。
To make some comparisons, a train ticket between Wuhu and Shenyang will set you back more than ¥700 and take 9 and a half hours.
打个比方，芜湖到沉阳的火车票要700多元，需要9个半小时。
Similarly, there is no direct train between Wuhu and Fuzhou; the journey requires a transfer in either Hangzhou and Hefei. So the flights make a lot of sense, but why the crazy rock-bottom prices?
同样，芜湖至福州也没有直达列车；旅程需要在杭州和合肥中转。因此，航班很有意义，但为什么价格如此疯狂？
The effort is part effort to stimulate demand and part intended to drum up traffic for the recently opened Wuhu Xuanzhou Airport, built to replace the Wuhu Wanli Airport that is now an air force base, and as the name suggests, purposed to serve the cities of both Wuhu and Xuancheng in Anhui Province.
这一努力一方面是为了刺激需求，另一方面是为了为最近启用的芜湖宣州机场增加客流量。该机场是为了取代现在的空军基地芜湖万里机场而建造的，顾名思义，旨在服务于安徽省芜湖市和宣城市。
Certainly, the facility could use the promotion. According to FlightRadar24, over the next week, Wuhu Xuanzhou Airport will operate just 129 flights to 24 cities nationwide; its busiest route being services to and from Shenzhen in Guangdong Province.
当然，该设施可以利用促销活动。据FlightRadar24报道，未来一周，芜湖宣州机场将仅运营129个航班，飞往全国24个城市；其最繁忙的航线是往返广东省深圳的航班。
With Wuhu Xuanzhou Airport being little more than 1 and half hour’s drive from Nanjing, it’s almost enough for us to consider flying for little more than a Dollar!
芜湖宣州机场距离南京只有1个半小时多一点的车程，对于我们来说花一美元多一点就可以考虑坐飞机了！
