Fausto Palombelli (1st L), chief commercial officer of Aeroporti di Roma (ADR), the company that runs the Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci Airport, speaks at the inauguration ceremony for the Rome-Chengdu direct flight in Rome, capital of Italy, June 25, 2019. The direct flight linking Rome with Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, was inaugurated Tuesday at Rome's Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci Airport. The flight of about 11 hours will be operated by an Airbus A330 of China's Sichuan Airlines three times a week on every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. (Xinhua/Li Jie)