Hainan Airlines has announced that it will open two new international routes.

To meet the requirements of domestic business and leisure travelers to Kazakhstan and Russia, Hainan Airlines will open a route from Urumqi to Astana on December 4, 2008 and a route from Beijing to Novosibirsk on January 12, 2009.

In addition, starting from June 29, 2008, the company will re-open the route from Beijing to St.Petersburg and increase the flight frequency on this route. There will be twice weekly flights. The Sunday flight will start from Beijing at 01:00, arriving at St.Petersburg at 05:25; and the other flight will be on Tuesday leaving from Beijing at 02:50 and arrive at St.Petersburg at 07:15. The service will be operated using Boeing 767 aircraft.

March 28, 2008

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