Hainan Airlines launching nonstop Chongqing-New York route Oct 20

Hainan Airlines has announced its plans to connect a city in western China with New York with a nonstop service in October this year. This will also be the airline’s first nonstop flights between the two destinations. The airline said it will be launching nonstop flights between Chongqing and New York starting from October 20, 2017.

Media reports said that the two destinations will be served with twice weekly flights. According to the reports, Flight HU415 B787 will depart from Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport at 10:00 pm (Beijing Time) and arrive at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport at 12:50 am following day (U.S. East Coast Time). The outbound departures will be on Wednesdays and Fridays. The return Flight HU416 B787 will make its departure from New York JFK at 2:50 am (U.S. East Coast Time) and reaches Chongqing at 6:35 am following day (Beijing Time). The return flights would be conducted on Thursdays and Saturdays every week.

Hainan Airlines will now be offering its 13th direct flight to North America. Earlier, the airline had launched nonstop flights between Chongqing and Los Angeles effective from March 21, 2017. Pu Ming, Hainan Airlines’ Vice President, said, “With the launch of new flights, the customers will now be offered direct connections to both U.S. East Coast and U.S. West Coast from Chongqing. The new route will also help in establishing Chongqing as a major aviation hub globally, and also further strengthening business and cultural ties between the United States and China.”

Meanwhile, Hainan Airlines has become a recipient of the “SKYTRAX Five-Star Airline Award” for the seventh consecutive time. The airline has been acknowledged for its quality products and high standards of service both on the ground and on board its flights. Apart from this, Hainan Airlines has also been ranked third in the “World’s Safest Airlines” category on the Jet Airliner Crash Data Evaluation Centre’s 2016 list. This has so far been the best ever ranking to be achieved by a Chinese carrier.