The first batch of passengers on board a direct flight opened by Hainan Airlines between Southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality and Paris at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport yesterday morning. The airline yesterday opened a direct flight between the two cities. The outbound flight leaves Chongqing at 1:30 a.m. Beijing time and arrives in Paris at 6:20 a.m. local time every Wednesday and Saturday. The return flight departs Paris at 1 p.m. and arrives in Chongqing at 6:30 a.m. The flight duration is between 10 and a half hours and 12 hours. Xinhua |