China Southern airlines will offer direct flights from Guangzhou in Guangdong province to New York City in the US starting August 6, 2014, China News Agency reported on Tuesday.

Flight CZ 399 will run four times a week, departing from Guangzhou at 1:40 am local time and arriving in New York at 5:15 am local time. Return flights leave New York at 11:15 am local time and arrives in Guangzhou at around 3:15 pm.

The trip takes about 15 hours each way.

Since there are not direct flights between Shanghai and New York, travellers flying between the two cities can transfer planes in Guangzhou, rather than catching a connecting flight outside of China.

The round trip price of economy-class flights for the Shanghai-Guangzhou-New York flight is about 8,500 yuan ($1,360) (duty unpaid) until August 26, when it will be reduced to 2,500 yuan ($400) (duty unpaid).