GUANGZHOU, July 11 (Xinhua) -- China Southern Airlines will add a direct air route Friday linking south China's Guangzhou with Italy's capital Rome.

Flight CZ661/CZ662, operated by a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, is scheduled to depart from Guangzhou every Monday, Friday and Sunday. A one-way trip takes around 13 hours.

China Southern Airlines already has routes connecting Chinese cities with Paris, London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Moscow and St Petersburg in Europe.?