CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- Asiana Airlines’ Flight OZ3543 departed Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport at 14:05 on May 27, marking the official assumption of the Chongqing-Seoul direct flight service offered by the carrier. To date, the Chongqing-Seoul direct flights at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport have reached two flights a day, respectively operated by Air China and Asiana Airlines.

Asiana Airlines plans to offer one Chongqing-Seoul direct flight per day utilizing an Airbus A321 aircraft. The departure flights on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays are scheduled to depart Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport at 14:05 and land at Seoul Incheon International Airport at 18:30, with the return flights scheduled to leave Incheon at 10:15 and arrive in Chongqing at 13:05. The departure flights on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays will take off at 12:30 and arrive in Seoul at 17:00, with the return flight scheduled to depart at 8:35 and arrives in Chongqing at 12:30 (all the above are local times). The average flight time of the one-way flights is about 3 hours and 30 minutes.

Seoul, the political and economic center of South Korea, has always been one of the popular overseas destinations for Chinese tourists. As the only municipality directly under the Central Government in the central and western regions of China as well as one of the Chinese central cities, Chongqing has also been favored by more and more Korean businessmen and visitors. The increase in Chongqing-Seoul direct flights will provide travelers with more mobility options and further promote economic and trade cooperation and people-to-people exchange between the two places. (Translated by Yuki, Fathom Language Limited)