Air China flight CA913 landed at Franjo Tudman Airport in the Croatian capital of Zagreb at 9:46 am local time on September 4, marking the launch of the new route connecting Beijing, Bucharest and Zagreb. The inaugural flight crew was warmly welcomed at Zagreb’s airport.
Crew members take a group photo with Zagreb airport staff to celebrate the success of the maiden flight. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
The flight is greeted with a water salute at a stopover in Bucharest, the capital of Romania, at 6:20 am local time. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
An Airbus A330-200 aircraft flies the 15-hour-plus flight every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Bucharest observes Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+2), five hours behind Beijing, and Zagreb follows Central European Summer Time (UTC+1), six hours behind Beijing.
China National Aviation Holding Corporation Limited, a central State-owned civil aviation enterprise, keeps expanding its China-Europe air network. This new route improves the air connectivity between China and Central and Eastern European countries, facilitating bilateral personnel exchanges, cultural and tourism interactions, and economic and trade cooperation, while serving as a convenient aerial passage for China’s high-level opening-up.
(Executive editor: Zuo Shihan)
