HAINAN Airlines will add a new route to the US come September 13, when it launches direct flights to Beijing from Chicago.
The four-weekly service will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays on two-class Airbus A330-200 aircraft. Beijing-bound flights depart Chicago at 15.30 and arrive at 18.40 the next day, while flights to Chicago will take off from Beijing at 13.20 and touch down at 13.30 the same day.
Hainan Airlines currently runs flights from Toronto and Seattle/Tacoma to Beijing.
Rosemarie Andolino, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Aviation, said: “Securing new investment and interaction between Chicago and China is a high priority for mayor Rahm Emanuel, and (the) new service from Hainan (Airlines), a mainland China-based carrier, is a critical step in that direction.”
