Hainan Airlines to Link Chongqing with New York

By Jesse Sokolow on 20 June 2017
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IMGP4629Hainan Airlines announced that it will begin new service between New York and Chongqing in Southwestern China on October 20.

The route will be the first non-stop between New York and a city in western China.

Flights will depart Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport at 10 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays, arriving at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport at 12:50 a.m. the next day. From New York, flights are scheduled to depart at 2:50 a.m. on Thursdays and Saturdays and arrive in Chongqing at 6:35 a.m. the next morning.

The service will be Hainan’s 13th non-stop route to North America. The carrier began Chongqing-Los Angeles service on March 21, the first ever non-stop flight between Chongqing and North America.

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