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Hainan Airlines to launch Xi’an-Los Angeles service on December 31

Hainan Airlines Holding Company, Ltd. (Hainan Airlines) plans to launch nonstop service between Xi’an and Los Angeles on December 31, 2018. It will be the first scheduled service between Xi’an and Los Angeles and the only intercontinental route between Xi’an and the United States.

The Xi’an–Los Angeles service is scheduled to take off from Xi’an at 9:10 pm every Monday and Thursday BJT, and land at Los Angeles at 18:10 pm PT after being in the air for 12 hours and 10 minutes.

The new route will be serviced by a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft.

Hainan Airlines already has several routes that originate in Xi’an, with services to Tokyo, Rome, Sydney and Melbourne.

Hainan Airlines has to date launched 18 North American routes covering Seattle/Tacoma, San Jose, Los Angeles, New York (JFK), Chicago (O’Hare), Boston, Las Vegas, Toronto (Pearson), Calgary, Vancouver, Mexico City and Tijuana.

Hainan Airlines’ Xi’an-Los Angeles Flight Schedule (All times are local):

Flight No.	Aircraft	Schedule	Departure City	Departure Time	Arrival Time	Arrival City
HU493	Boeing 787	Monday/Thursday	Xi’an	9:10 pm	6:10 pm	Los Angeles
HU494	Boeing 787	Monday/Thursday	Los Angeles	11:20 pm	5:10 am+2	Xi’an

The airline is also starting Paris (CDG) – Chongqing service on December 19, 2018.

Top Copyright Photo (all others by the airline): Hainan Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner B-2728 (msn 34938) LAX (Michael B. Ing). Image: 944785.

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Hainan Airlines to launch Chongqing-Shanghai-Boston and Chongqing-Shanghai-Seattle/Tacoma service in December

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):

Flight No.	Aircraft	Schedule	Departure City	Departure Time	Arrival Time	Arrival City
HU7961	Boeing 789	Every Tuesday / Thursday / Saturday / Sunday	Chongqing	6:55 am	9:20 am	Pudong
HU7961	Boeing 789	Every Tuesday / Thursday / Saturday / Sunday	Pudong	12:35 pm	1:45 pm	Boston
HU7962	Boeing 789	Every Tuesday / Thursday / Saturday / Sunday	Boston	3:45 pm	7:20 pm +1	Pudong
HU7962	Boeing 789	Every Monday / Wednesday / Friday/ Sunday	Pudong	10:10 pm	12:55 am +1	Chongqing

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

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

Flight No.	Aircraft	Schedule	Departure City	Departure Time	Arrival Time	Arrival City
HU7955	Boeing 789	Every Monday / Wednesday / Friday	Chongqing	6:55 am	9:20 am	Pudong
HU7955	Boeing 789	Every Monday / Wednesday / Friday	Pudong	12:55 pm	7:15 am	Seattle
HU7956	Boeing 789	Every Monday / Wednesday / Friday	Seattle	10:45 am	3:00 pm +1	Pudong
HU7956	Boeing 789	Every Tuesday / Thursday / Saturday	Pudong	6:00 pm	8:55 pm	Chongqing

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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Hainan Airlines today puts the first Airbus A350-900 into service

Hainan Airlines flight HU7607 took off from Beijing and landed at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport at 11:00 am on October 13 Beijing time, marking the successful completion of the maiden commercial revenue flight of the first Airbus A350 aircraft owned by Hainan Airlines Holding Co., Ltd.

The A350-900 provides passengers with a new standard of travel experience with its leading modern cabins. The business class comes equipped with the Staggered seat layout for enhancing passenger privacy and the classic Straight-Line design. In addition, the front section of economy class is equipped with 18″ wide seats that deliver up to 34-35″ in legroom, providing economy class passengers with priority seat selection of extra legroom. Every seat of the aircraft comes with the seat-back entertainment system. Passengers on selected aircraft are also served cappuccino or espresso brewed by a high-end fully-automatic Nespresso capsule coffee machine.

Hainan Airlines’ young luxury fleet now counts over 400 aircraft, mainly consisting of Boeing 737s, 787s and Airbus 330s.

In 2018, the airline will add four new A350-900 aircraft, which will serve Hainan Airlines’ international and domestic routes with the aim of providing passengers with a more convenient and comfortable travel experience.

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Hainan Airlines and Aigle Azur start code-sharing flights

Hainan Airlines has issued this statement:

Flight HU8267/ZI887 took off from Paris Orly Airport at 1:45 pmon September 5 Paris time, and touched down at Beijing Capital International Airport at 6:35 am on September 6 local time, marking the launch of the code-shared Paris–Beijing service operated by Hainan Airlines and Aigle Azur.

The nonstop route will be serviced by an Airbus A330 wide-body aircraft six times a week (three times in each direction), including the Paris-Beijing flights on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and the Beijing–Paris flights on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

The service is the second codeshare flight launched by Hainan Airlines and Aigle Azur following the roll-out of their shared Xi’an-Paris route.

In 2018, Hainan Airlines launched the Haikou-Sydney, Shenzhen-Brussels, Beijing-Tijuana-Mexico City, Changsha-London, Shenzhen-Madrid, Shenzhen-Tianjin-Vancouver, Beijing–Edinburgh–Dublin–Beijing, Beijing–Dublin–Edinburgh–Beijing, Guangzhou-Tel Aviv and Shenzhen-Zurich services, among other international offerings.

Currently, Hainan Airlines and its majority-owned subsidiaries have rolled out more than 1,700 domestic and international routes from and to nearly 220 cities across Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania.

Paris-Beijing Flight Timetable (All times are local):

Flight No.	Aircraft	Schedule	Departure City	Departure Time	Arrival Time	Arrival City
HU8267	A330	Monday	Paris	1:45 pm	6:30 am +1	Beijing
HU8267	A330	Wednesday/Friday	Paris	1:45 pm	6:35 am +1	Beijing
HU8268	A330	Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday	Beijing	9:10 am	3:20 pm	Paris

Top Copyright Photo (all others by Hainan): Hainan Airlines Airbus A330-343 B-6520 (msn 1168) BRU (Ton Jochems). Image: 943444.

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Hainan Airlines launches Shenzhen-Zurich service on August 27

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:

Flight No.	Aircraft	Schedule	Departure City	Departure Time	Arrival Time	Arrival City
HU741	B787	Monday/Friday	Shenzhen	1:20 am	7:55 am	Zurich
HU742	B787	Monday/Friday	Zurich	11:40 am	5:00 am +1	Shenzhen

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

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Hainan Airlines will receive a new Airbus A330-300

Hainan Airlines will receive another Airbus A330-300 aircraft by the end of July. It will be the first aircraft that Hainan Airlines introduces this year, which is also be the 18^th new A330-300 aircraft of the fleet.

The airline continued;

Since 1993, Hainan Airlines has achieved 25 years of safe operations and has accumulated over six million hours of safe flights. Hainan Airlines’ fleet is composed mainly of Boeing 737s and 787s as well as Airbus 330s. The introduction of A330 aircraft will improve the capacity of Hainan Airlines. The size of wide body jets of the company will also be expanded after the new A330 joined.

This Airbus A330-300 is able to contain 303 passengers, containing 279 seats in economy class and 24 seats in business class. All the business class seats feature herringbone that allow passengers to enjoy lie-flat beds and highly increased privacy, with direct access to the aisle. All 279 passengers can experience Thales Avant in-flight entertainment system, power supply of 110V and USB port.

Tianjin Airlines is also receiving a new A330-300 aircraft from Toulouse on July 17^th, initially serving flights from Tianjin to Tokyo and Osaka, and planning flights from Tianjin, Xi’an, Chongqing to London, Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland. The new aircraft will help improve the capacity of Tianjin Airlines in the future.

Top Copyright Photo (all others by Hainan): Hainan Airlines Airbus A330-343 B-8015 (msn 1656) MAN (Rob Skinkis). Image: 934862.

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Hainan Airlines successfully completes its inaugural Beijing-Edinburgh-Dublin flight

Hainan Airlines’ flight HU749, which departed from Beijing, smoothly landed at Edinburgh Airport at 6:00 am on June 12, 2018. After a brief stop, it took off again and landed at Dublin Airport at 9:10 am local time on June 12. This was the first arrival of direct flight from mainland China at both Edinburgh and Dublin airports. The flight also marked the success of the maiden voyage of the carrier’s route from Beijing to Edinburgh and Dublin, the first nonstop service between mainland China,Scotland and Ireland.

The launch includes two new routes: Beijing–Edinburgh–Dublin–Beijing and Beijing–Dublin–Edinburgh–Beijing services, providing passengers travelling among China, Britain and Ireland with more convenient travel options.

Beijing Capital International Airport has established sister airport relationships with both Edinburgh and Dublin airports.

Hainan Airlines has also rolled out extensive combined transport offerings of the new routes with its overseas airline partners with the aim of meeting the diversified needs of passengers. Travelers will benefit from convenient transfer, combined transport services and be provided with more destination options. In addition, to offer passengers a better travel experience, Hainan Airlines will launch products including multiple round-trip ticket packages as well as pick-up and delivery shuttle services for business-class passengers.

Hainan Airlines’ Beijing-Dublin-Edinburgh Flight Schedule:

Flight No.	Aircraft	Days	Departure City	Departure Time	Arrival Time	Arrival City
HU749	330	Tuesday/Saturday	Beijing	1:30 am	6:00 am	Edinburgh
HU749	330	Tuesday/Saturday	Edinburgh	8:00 am	9:10 am	Dublin
HU750	330	Tuesday/Saturday	Dublin	11:10 am	5:00 am +1	Beijing
HU751	330	Thursday/Sunday	Beijing	1:30 am	6:00 am	Dublin
HU751	330	Thursday/Sunday	Dublin	8:00 am	9:10 am	Edinburgh
HU752	330	Thursday/Sunday	Edinburgh	11:10 am	5:00 am +1	Beijing