Last year I took a vacation that went by train from Hangzhou to Guilin, then a tour of Guanxi and Guizhou provinces mostly in the back country. Got tired of that and decided to move on to Yunnan and Dali. Which I did.

I was knackered after 10 days on the trains and road, and either decide to go on to Lijiang and then fly back home to Hangzhou. However, a travel agent in Old Lijiang told me that there were no flights from Lijiang to Hangzhou and was adament about it.

I personally would like to know because I may end my 2012 trip in Lijiang. I may and if I do, do planes fly from Lijiang to the East or do they all go through Kunming?

Thanks.

Skyscanner shows 2 direct flights to Hangzhou.

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Lijiang is getting new direct flights all the time, so maybe those flights didn't exist at the time or were fully booked for months. It's also a very expensive place to fly direct.

Beijing-Capital Airlines also operates a daily nonstop A319 LJG-HGH as JD5298 departing 15:05 and arriving 17:50.