At 0:35 on June 12, 2019, an Airbus A330-200 aircraft carrying 188 passengers broke through the night sky and vacated from Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport. After about 12 hours of flight, At 6:37 local time, it landed at the Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) in Rome. At this point, Air China's direct flight to Rome was officially opened.

The flight number of this route is CA731/732, 3 shifts per week, and the schedule is Wednesday, 5, and 7. The scheduled flight time is: Departure from Beijing at 00:25, take off from Hangzhou at 06:55 local time; return flight at 13:05 local time in Rome, and arrive at Hangzhou at 06:30 on the next day. The route uses Airbus 330-200 to fly.


Going/returning

Flight number

Model

Schedule

Take off/arrival time

HGH--FCO

CA731

A330-200

3/5/7

00:25--06:55

FCO--HGH

CA732

A330-200

3/5/7

13:05--06:30

(Note: The time in the form is local time)

The Hangzhou-Roman route is the first direct flight to Rome opened by Air China (CA) in East China. It is the fourth Italian-Chinese route operated by Air China after Beijing-Rome, Beijing-Milan and Shanghai-Milan. At the same time, Air China became the first airline to operate the Hangzhou-Roman route.

At present, Italy is China's fifth largest trading partner in the EU, and China is Italy's largest trading partner in Asia. According to statistics, in 2018, the bilateral trade volume exceeded 50 billion US dollars, and the two-way investment accumulated more than 20 billion US dollars.