Air China launches new direct service from Zurich to the Chinese capital

As of 7 June 2017, Air China will operate four direct flights a week from Zurich to Beijing.

Flughafen Zürich, 2017-Apr-24 — /Travel PR News/ — Air China, a member of the Star Alliance, will fly to the Chinese capital on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. The outbound flights will leave Zurich Airport at 1.30 p.m., arriving in Beijing the following day at 5.20 a.m. local time. The inbound flights will depart at 2.35 a.m. local time on weekdays and land at 7.25 a.m. in Zurich. On Sundays, the departure time in Beijing is 3.05 a.m., arriving at 7.55 a.m. in Switzerland. The direct service from Zurich to Beijing will be by Airbus A330-200 with space for 227 passengers.

The four weekly flights on Air China round out the offering of SWISS, which operates five weekly flights in winter and daily flights in summer from Zurich to Beijing. From Beijing, Air China offers a range of connections within China as well as to international destinations. As part of a comprehensive partnership agreement with the Lufthansa Group, which came into force in April 2017, all Air China and SWISS flights between Zurich and Beijing will be operated on a mutual code share basis.

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Source: Zurich Airport