Air China to Launch Chengdu - Colombo Flights

Air China will launch nonstop flights between Chengdu and Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka, on 10 February 2015.

Air China will operate the Chengdu - Colombo service CA425/6 with Airbus 330 aircraft four times per week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays.

The outbound flight will depart Chengdu at 18:30 Beijing time to arrive in Colombo at 21:50 local time. The inbound flight will depart Colombo at 23:10 local time to arrive in Chengdu at 06:40 the next day.

The new nonstop route will spare passengers who travel between southwest China and Sri Lanka the trouble of having to make flight connections in cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Bangkok or Singapore, cutting the travel time from 10 hours to 5.5 hours.

First Class/Business Class passengers who fly to Colombo from Chengdu are entitled to free chauffeured transfer between the airport and downtown in Chengdu. Passengers with flight connections in Chengdu within 24 hours are entitled to a free hotel stay and free transfer between the hotel and the airport. First Class/Business Class passengers on an international flight segment with flight connections in Chengdu are entitled to a free stay in a five-star hotel.