By Xinyi Li, EDITOR

Chongqing will launch the non-stop flight to France on December 19. Meanwhile, it is the first passenger air route to France. In addition, the international routes Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport opened will reach 80 by the end of this year. Moreover, it will be up to 100 by 2020.

Chongqing opened the first non-stop flight to France on December 19, which is the passenger air route to France

About 12-Hour One-Way Flight

It is reported that Hainan Airlines will use Airbus A330—the wide-body airliner—on this route. There will be two flights every Wednesday and Saturday. The flight will depart from Chongqing at 01:30 (L.T) for Paris at 06:20 (L.T); return from Paris at 13:00 (L.T) and arrive in Chongqing at 06:30 (next day, L.T). The one-way flight time is about 12 hours.

As Chongqing’s first passenger air route to France, the Chongqing-Paris route offers more flexible travel options to tourists in both places. In addition, it will further improve Chongqing’s airline network in Europe, and promote relations between China’s international aviation hubs and European megalopolises. This route will also boost the economic and trade exchanges, industrial cooperation and tourism development between Southwest China and Europe, and meanwhile improve Chongqing’s image of opening-up.

Source: CQNEWS