Chongqing Airlines will launch a new international route from Chongqing to Colombo and Male starting June 24.
This connection is anticipated to boost tourism and economic and cultural interactions between these locations. Chongqing Airlines will use the Airbus A320neo for this route, operating flights three times a week: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The flight schedule includes flight CZ553, which departs Chongqing at 12.10 local time on Mondays and Fridays, arriving in Colombo at 15.30 before continuing to Male, where it arrives at 17.10. On Wednesdays the departure from Chongqing will be at 15.45, arriving in Male at 20.55 after a stopover in Colombo. The return journey on flight CZ554 departs Male at 18.20 on Mondays and Fridays, reaching Chongqing the following day at 5.55, after a stop over in Colombo. On Wednesdays, the flight departs Male at 22.25, arriving in Chongqing at 10.30 the following day.
