PRC flag carrier Air China said that its newly opened Frankfurt Chengdu nonstop flights make Chengdu the closest inland Chinese city to Europe.
According to the carrier, it takes European travelers just 10 hours to fly from the heart of Europe to China´s “Land of Plenty” imbued with oriental charms.
While Beijing is the seat of many dynastic governments and Shanghai the heart of Chinese commercialism, Chengdu, tucked away in southwest China, is the birthplace of Shujin, or Sichuan Brocade, a silk fabric of unique workmanship that traces its origins to the Warring States period of over 2,000 years ago.
Chengdu´s history as a tea trading centre provides visitors with a cross section of authentic Chinese tea culture, the carrier said. It´s also the hometown of the famous Giant Panda; the city is the world´s only habitat for both pandas in captivity and in the wild.
The city, which has played host to China-EU Fair seven times, is western China´s important manufacturing and export base, and also a western China´s city with the largest number of Fortune 500 companies operating.
Air China debuted its Frankfurt – Chengdu route on May 19, the first nonstop route ever opened between western China and Europe by a Chinese carrier. With Air China´s network with Chengdu as a regional hub, European travelers can transfer quickly and easily to other parts of China.
Find out more at www.airchina.com.
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