Air China will commence a non-stop service from Beijing to Mumbai on October 25th, 2015.

The Beijing-Mumbai flights, CA889/890, are operated four times a week on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.

The outbound flight departs from Beijing at 19:40 and arrives in Mumbai at 01:00 local time the following day; the return flight departs from Mumbai at 02:30 local time and arrives in Beijing at 11:20 Beijing time.

The Beijing-Delhi flights, CA947/948, are operated four times a week on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

The outbound flight departs from Beijing at 20:40 and arrives in Delhi at 01:35 local time the following day.

The return flight departs from 02:50 local time and arrives in Beijing at 11:25.

As the forthcoming only service from Mainland China to Mumbai, it will spare passengers departing from Beijing for Mumbai the trouble of having to make a detour by transferring in Hong Kong, Singapore or Bangkok and makes it easier to get to the “Gate of India”.

The one-way flight takes about seven hours.