Indicates the type of a location. Location Type Defined by CCTVPLUS Indicates the role that a specific instance of a description takes among all descriptions. Description Role Defined by CCTVPLUS The role in the overall content stream. Part Role Indicates a kind of content rendition. Content Rendition Defined by CCTVPLUS CCTV Newscontent Co.,Ltd. CCTV Newscontent Co.,Ltd. All Rights Reserved. No access Chinese mainland CCTV Newscontent www.cctvplus.com +86-10-83949886 +86-10-63978447 contact@cctvplus.com 2026-10-27T19:50:45Z 2026-10-27T19:50:45Z 2026-10-27 2014-11-06T09:22:45Z China Central Television Iceland Travel Oct 27, 2026/File Iceland-China/Air Route First scheduled China-Iceland passenger flight service starts operation The first scheduled passenger service between China and Iceland began operation on Monday, with the inaugural flight landing safely in the Icelandic capital. Flight CA807, operated by Air China, arrived at Keflavik International Airport on Monday morning after a 15-hour journey. The airport welcomed the flight with a water salute, the highest traditional honor in civil aviation. "To our knowledge, this route is not only the first scheduled passenger service between China and Iceland, but also the only such service currently in operation connecting East Asia and Southeast Asia to Iceland," said Li Dong, deputy director of Air China's Commercial Committee.   The new route departs from Beijing, stops over in Copenhagen, Denmark, and finally arrives in Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland. Passengers can enjoy through-ticketing and direct baggage transfer services, greatly enhancing travel convenience. "Before this route was launched, we had to buy tickets for two separate flight segments. First, in terms of ticket prices, it greatly reduces our travel costs; second, it also shortens our travel time," said He Yanjun, a passenger on the flight.   Reykjavik, as Iceland's political, economic, cultural, and transportation hub, is also an important aviation transit point between continental Europe and North America. In recent years, as people-to-people exchanges between China and Iceland have grown increasingly close, exchanges and cooperation between the two sides in areas such as tourism, trade and the economy, green energy, and polar research have continued to deepen. The launch of the new route is also expected to bring new opportunities for cooperation between the two countries. "This is very important for Iceland because we are now seeing for the first time a direct link between Iceland and Asia. We see that the Chinese tourists come in the wintertime to see the Northern Lights. And that is exactly the most important time of the year for us to invite the guests from China to Iceland. It can bring a lot of exciting opportunities. One of the most important one that I see is the export of Icelandic seafood to China because now we can bring fresh Icelandic seafood into the Chinese market within 24 hours," said Petur Oskarsson, CEO of Business Iceland. Chinese/English/Nats/Part Mute Reykjavik, Iceland - Oct 26, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 1. Various of plane landing, passing water gate 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Li Dong, deputy director, Commercial Committee of Air China: "To our knowledge, this route is not only the first scheduled passenger service between China and Iceland, but also the only such service currently in operation connecting East Asia and Southeast Asia to Iceland." 3. Plane at airport 4. Officials holding banner, posing for group photo 5. Passengers at airport 6. Screen showing flight information 7. Various of plane 8. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) He Yanjun, tourist (ending with shot 9): "Before this route was launched, we had to buy tickets for two separate flight segments. First, in terms of ticket prices, it greatly reduces our travel costs; second, it also shortens our travel time." 9. Various of plane 10. Passengers in waiting room   FILE: Iceland - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 11. Various of tourists, traffic, buildings   Reykjavik, Iceland - Oct 26, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Petur Oskarsson, CEO, Business Iceland (starting with shot 11/partially overlaid with shot 13): "This is very important for Iceland because we are now seeing for the first time a direct link between Iceland and Asia. We see that the Chinese tourists come in the wintertime to see the Northern Lights. And that is exactly the most important time of the year for us to invite the guests from China to Iceland. It can bring a lot of exciting opportunities. One of the most important one that I see is the export of Icelandic seafood to China because now we can bring fresh Icelandic seafood into the Chinese market within 24 hours."   ++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++ FILE: Iceland - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 13. Various of pedestrian ++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++ 14. Various of pedestrian, traffic