At 4:53 local time on April 29, Air China (hereinafter referred to as Air China) flight CA897 landed smoothly at Guarulhos International Airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in the morning light. The Brazilian side celebrated the success of the first flight of the official resumption of the route with the "Water Gate", which symbolizes the highest etiquette of civil aviation.
As one of the longest routes in the world, the route is the first domestic airline to reach Brazil in South America, with a one-way distance of about 17,584 kilometers. At about 6 o'clock, the passengers of the first flight left the station one after another. "The total flight time is five or six hours less than that of an outgoing flight, and with only 22 flight hours, I don't feel so tired. Jiang Wei from Zhejiang said that she noticed that many passengers on the same plane are elderly people visiting relatives and traveling, and the flight time is relatively short, and language communication is the greatest convenience, "and the meal is mainly rice and noodles, which is full of Chinese characteristics and very warm." ”
On April 29, local time, Air China's Beijing-Madrid-Sao Paulo route resumed its first flight CA897 and arrived at Guarulhos Airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Passengers are exiting the station. Photo by China News Service reporter Lin Chunyin According to Air China, from April 28, Beijing time, new routes will be opened between Beijing and Riyadh and Beijing and Dhaka, and routes from Beijing to Madrid to Sao Paulo and Beijing to Madrid to Havana will be resumed. As a result, Air China's route network will once again cover six continents. Among them, Air China's Beijing-Madrid-Sao Paulo route is operated by Boeing 787-9 passenger aircraft, with flight numbers CA897 and CA898, and operates twice a week on Thursdays and Sundays. Air China's Sao Paulo-Madrid-Beijing route also officially resumed on the same day, with 252 passengers on its maiden flight. The staff of Air China's Sao Paulo sales department said that in the future, according to market conditions, it will consider further increasing the frequency of flights in a timely manner.
On April 29, local time, the crew of Air China's Sao Paulo-Madrid-Beijing flight CA898 took a group photo at Guarulhos Airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil, before departure. Photo by China News Service reporter Lin Chunyin
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Brazil. Industry observers pointed out that the resumption of the route will help meet the travel needs of the people of the two countries and strengthen the connectivity between China and South America, as the exchanges between China and Pakistan are becoming more and more dense, as well as the exchange of people between China and South America is becoming more and more close. Mr. Yan, a senior overseas marketing manager of an electric motorcycle company, told reporters at the airport that the company intends to expand the South American market in the past two years and open sales stores in Brazil. "China-Pakistan relations are stable and improving, especially this year, China and Pakistan have reciprocal visas, there are more people doing business in the two countries, and there will be more people visiting relatives and tourists. "The resumption of this route is definitely good for us." A staff member of a Chinese-funded company who boarded the plane from Madrid said that the route is diverted from Europe, and for business people who need to cultivate the European, American and Latin American markets, "the itinerary design is very convenient".
Source: China News Network
Original title: "Air China's Beijing-Madrid-Sao Paulo Route Resumes" (Lin Chunyin)
Editor: Wang Qin
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