Hainan Airlines Holding Co., Ltd. announced the upcoming commencement of Chongqing–Shanghai–Boston and Chongqing–Shanghai–Seattle/Tacoma services, on December 11 and 12, 2018, respectively.

A luxury wide-body passenger aircraft Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner with a spacious and comfortable cabin layout will service the new routes.

 With the two new services, the number of routes operated by Hainan Airlines departing from Chongqing to destinations across North America will increase to six.

Hainan Airlines is already operating routes from Chongqing to Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Toronto.

Hainan Airlines now operates 16 routes to destinations in the US, Canada and Mexico including Boston, Calgary, Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Mexico City, New York, San Jose, Seattle/Tacoma, Tijuana, Toronto and Vancouver.

Chongqing-Shanghai-Boston Flight Schedule (All times are local):

Note: Specific timetables can be confirmed on Hainan Airlines’ official website.

Chongqing-Shanghai-Seattle Flight Schedule (All times are local):

Top Copyright Photo (all others by Hainan): Hainan Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner B-1140 (msn 62739) PAE (Nick Dean). Image: 943951.

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On August 27, Hainan Airlines announced the formal launch of service between Shenzhen and Zurich.

The service is the first nonstop flight connecting China’s Guangzhou–Shenzhen area with Switzerland, and is also the airline’s 7th intercontinental flight originating from Shenzhen.

The airline will operate a Boeing 787 Dreamliner on the new route with two round-trip flights per week. Hainan Airlines flight HU741, the inaugurate flight of the carrier’s new Shenzhen–Zurich service, took off from Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport at 1:20 am on August 27 Beijing time, and successfully landed at Zurich Airport the same day, at 7:55 am local time.

In 2018, Hainan Airlines launched the Shenzhen–Brussels, Shenzhen–Madrid, Shenzhen–Tianjin–Vancouver, Guangzhou–Tel Aviv and Shenzhen–Zurich services in China’s Guangzhou–Shenzhen area, and is scheduled to launch the Shenzhen–Vienna service on October 20.

Besides destinations mentioned above, Hainan Airlines international services now fly from Shenzhen to Brisbane, Cairns, Oakland, Zurich, Sihanouk, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Ventiane, Luang Prabang, Da Nang and Nha Trang.The airline has established an increasingly expanded international flight network that makes it ever easier for travelers to transit between long- and short-range flights originating out of the same or nearby airports in the area. The Shenzhen–Zurich service will complement the services already in place, greatly reducing flight and transit times for passengers.

Hainan Airlines’ Shenzhen-Zurich Flight Timetable:

Top Copyright Photo: Hainan Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner B-2759 (msn 38056) LHR (SPA). Image: 941739.

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Hainan Airlines Holding Co., Ltd. officially announced the launch of nonstop service between Tel Aviv and Guangzhou scheduled to start on August 2, 2018. The route will be serviced by a Boeing 787 Dreamliner three flights a week.

Following the rollout of Tel Aviv–Beijing and Tel Aviv–Shanghai services, this is Hainan Airlines’ third direct flight between Tel Aviv and China.

In recent years, Hainan Airlines has been highly proactive in developing international services originating from Guangzhou and Shenzhen. The company has launched several long-haul international routes, from Shenzhen to Auckland, Brisbane, Brussels and Madrid, complemented by short-haul international routes from Guangzhou to Phnom Penh, Nha Trang and Siem Reap. Combined with the Guangzhou–Tel Aviv service scheduled to start in August and the Shenzhen–Viennaservice on tap to launch in October, the airline has gradually established a comprehensive international route network, integrating both long-haul and short-haul, with hubs in Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Travelers will be able to transfer in Guangzhou for convenient connections to domestic cities in China as well as to several southeast Asian countries including Vietnam and Cambodia.

Tel Aviv-Guangzhou Flight Timetable (All times are local):

Copyright Photo: Hainan Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner B-1546 (msn 62717) YYZ (TMK Photography). Image: 937706.

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