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Chongqing News

Chongqing Airport opens air routes to Chicago and Toronto

2018-10-18 09:42:36

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CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- At 08:45 on October 16th, Chongqing-Beijing-Chicago air route smoothly started with Flight HU496 of Hainan Airlines, taking off at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport. According to the Chongqing Airport, it also opened Chongqing-Beijing-Toronto air route on the 17th, which is also operated by Hainan Airlines. The two routes have further improved the air route network of Chongqing Airport in North America.

Chongqing-Beijing-Chicago flights take off at 8:45 a.m. (Beijing time) every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday with a stopover in Beijing and arrive at O'Hare International Airport at 13:20 (local time), taking 17 hours and 35 minutes in total. It returns from O'Hare International Airport at 15:20 (local time) every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday with a stopover in Beijing and arrives in Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport at 00:40 on the 3rd day, taking 20 hours plus 20 minutes totally.

Chongqing-Beijing-Toronto flights take off at 8:45 a.m. (Beijing time) every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday with a stopover in Beijing and arrives in Pearson International Airport at 15:15 (local time), taking 18 hours and 30 minutes in total. It returns from Pearson International Airport at 17:20 (local time) every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday with a stopover in Beijing and arrives in Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport at 00:40 on the 3rd day, taking 19 hours plus 25 minutes in total.

It’s said that this is the first time that Central and Western China has opened routes to Chicago and Toronto which are also the fourth and fifth passenger routes to North America after the opening of the Chongqing-New York air route on December 20th last year.

Chongqing Airport shows that in the first half of this year, several air routes have been opened one after another, such as Chongqing-Hanoi, Chongqing-Hat Yai, Chongqing-Ho Chi Ming City, Chongqing-Zhanjiang- Bangkok and Chongqing-Sihanoukville. It also plans to open air routes from Chongqing to Paris, Rangoon, Jakarta, Colombo, Seattle and Boston within this year. (Translated by Mao Qiao, Fathom Language Limited)


Editor:Jiang Yiwei