Italy-China August Charter Flight: Reservations Open

The Embassy of Italy to the P.R.C. and the China-Italy Chamber of Commerce (CICC) are pleased to inform that reservations for the previously announced August charter flight are now open.

The charter flight will operate on the route Milan – Nanjing (only one leg) according to the following schedule:

• August 10th, 2022 | Milan (MXP) 11.00 - Nanjing (NKG) 4.30

Please note that the Embassy of Italy has already obtained the authorizations from the Chinese authorities also for another charter flight scheduled for September. The arrangements for this flight are ongoing. We invite you to follow closely our official channels, as updates regarding date, booking procedure and related info will be published promptly, as they become available.

RESERVATIONS OPEN FOR AUGUST FLIGHT

Reservations are now open for the August charter flight (as per the authorizations, only the Milan-Nanjing leg). All those who have responded to our Calls for Interest expressing their intention to travel on the August flight will receive instructions on how to proceed with the booking according to the order of priority detailed below.

PRIORITY FOR CICC MEMBERS

The booking process will comply with the following order of priorities:

1. CICC Members of Italian nationality (including their spouse and children): priority window from July 8th to July 12th;
2. Italian nationals and non-Italian CICC Members: priority window from July 13th until July 25th;
3. Others (in case of remaining available seats): from July 26th until July 31st.

Bookings will follow the abovementioned priorities and will be based on the “first come, first served” rationale. As in previous years, each priority will have a dedicated booking timeframe before opening up to the next category.

BOOKING DETAILS

1. BOOKING PROCESS

• Those who answered to the Calls for Interest will receive instructions on how to proceed with the booking directly at the e-mail address indicated during registration. These will include the passcode to access the designated booking platform;
• Upon receipt of the passcode you will be able to access the designated platform and proceed directly with ticket (s) booking.

2. TICKET PRICE

• The price of a single ticket Milan (MXP) – Nanjing (NKG) in ECONOMY CLASS is set at €1,900.
• The purchase of the PREMIUM CLASS is available with a supplement of €200 per single ticket.

Premium Class includes
Dedicated Cabin
Personal IFE on bigger screen
Complementary Inflights Wi-fi
Bigger seats
Dedicated catering
Amenity Kits

For more details, please visit NEOS website.

*All prices are inclusive of CICC services of assistance with booking, communication and customer care.

3. REQUIREMENTS FOR DEPARTURE

• Approval of passengers list by Chinese authorities;
• To board the plane, all passengers must hold all the documents required by the competent Chinese Authorities to enter the People’s Republic of China (PRC). CICC, its partners and the Italian Embassy are not responsible in case the passenger fails to provide required documents for departure.

For detailed information regarding all necessary documents for entering the P.R.C., please refer to the websites of the Chinese Embassy or Consulates in Italy.

For a summary, info are available also in the website “Viaggiare Sicuri” of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation: http://www.viaggiaresicuri.it/country/CHN

4. BOARDING PROCEDURE

• Passengers must arrive at check-in at least 5 hours before the scheduled departure time. They must be in possession of all the documents required to enter the country of destination
• Each passenger can check in a hold baggage with a maximum weight of 23KG and 1 hand piece of 8 KG
• Animals are not allowed

5. UPON ARRIVAL
All information related to the situation upon arrival in China will be given to passengers via e-mail as soon as they will be available.

(!) DISCLAIMER

Passengers must accept and abide by the following conditions:

Ticket booking is managed on a first come first served basis, with priorities according to the procedure above detailed;

All passengers must be in possession of the documents required by competent Chinese Authorities to enter China, including all additional and specific documents required during the epidemic period;

In case of clear discrepancy (i.e. not typos) between personal details provided in the Calls for interest and passengers’ details shared at the moment of booking, the booking will be automatically cancelled;   

Passengers that fail to provide the above-mentioned documents upon boarding will not be granted access to the plane and will not be entitled to any ticket refund;

In case of positive results to the COVID-19 tests, the passenger will not be allowed to board the plane. Just in this instance, the passenger will be entitled to a full refund of the ticket price upon presentation of written evidence confirming the COVID-19 infection;

If you have any inquiry, please contact us at charter@cameraitacina.com (due to the large amount of requests we remind that answering time is 48h).

We thank you all for your support and collaboration.

The CICC Staff & the Italian Embassy