Air China to Launch Beijing - Munich - Athens Flights

Air China is to launch a new route between Beijing and Athens via Munich on 15 May 2011. The route will be serviced by the large-capacity, wide-body Airbus A330.

Located on the southern tip of the Balkan Peninsula, Athens is Greece’s largest city and capital, and is the eighth-largest city in Europe. With a subtropical Mediterranean climate, the city is cradled between mountains and the Aegean Sea. Athens is one of the world's oldest cities, with 3,000 years of recorded history.

Air China’s Beijing-Munich-Athens route will operate every Wednesday and Saturday on flight numbers CA961 and CA962.

Outbound flights will depart Beijing at 00:40 and arrive in Munich at 05:30. Onward flights from Munich leave at 06:55 and arrive in Athens at 10:30.

Return flights will depart from Athens at 11:30, arrive in Munich at 12:55, depart again at 14:25 and arrive in Beijing the following day at 06:10.

The trip duration is 13 hours and 25 minutes.

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