Airbus, Ctrip.com, China's largest online travel agency and VariFlight, China's leading flight status service provider jointly launched the "A380 World Travel Route Design Contest" at the Civil Aviation Communications Summit 2015 held Thursday in Beijing.
The contest, themed "A Reason to Travel Around the World", intends to provide a round-the-world travel chance for people who have a dream to travel around the world, setting a brand new world record of A380 world travel.
The contest was launched by Jim Hou, Vice President Sales, Airbus China., Frank Vermeire, Head of A380 Marketing, Airbus, Xiong Xing, SVP & CEO of Air Ticketing BU, Ctrip.com and Zheng Hongfeng, Founder and CEO of VariFlight.
"Data issued by Ctrip.com shows that travelers are valuing quality and comfort of traveling, and the A380 can provide the best in-flight experience," Hou said at the launching ceremony.
It is very easy to take part in the contest. What you need to do is to write down your reason for traveling around the world and design your own A380 round-the-world route. Winners will be given the opportunity to travel around the world on the world's largest A380 superjumbo.
You can design your own A380 round-the-world route like traveling from City 1 to City 2, from City 2 to City 3.... All the flights should be operated by the A380 superjumbo in May 2016 and can be searched on Ctrip.com. Contestants should travel through all 24 time zones. The flight distance must surpass the length of the Tropics of Cancer or Capricorn (36,787.6 km), in accordance with the rules of the International Air Transport Association. For further information, you can visit A380worldtravel.com.
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