Air China Launches Beijing - Hawaii Flights

Air China has launched flights between Beijing and Honolulu in Hawaii.

The new service, CA837/8, is the first nonstop air link between Beijing and Hawaii.

Flights are operated three times a week on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday with widebody A330-200.

The outbound flight departs from Beijing at 01:30 Beijing time and arrives in Hawaii at 16:30 local time.

The return flight takes off from Hawaii at 22:00 local time and arrives in Beijing at 05:20 Beijing time on the third day.

In recent years, China's market demand for travel to Hawaii has been growing rapidly. Statistics show that in 2012 Chinese traveler numbers increased by 64% year-on-year. The new route will meet the surging demand for air services of Chinese travelers to Hawaii, sparing the travelers residing in areas around Beijing the trouble of having to transfer in Shanghai, and offer an additional transfer option to travelers from Europe and the Middle East bound for Hawaii.

In addition to the Beijing - Hawaii nonstop service, other new international services that Air China will soon introduce include Beijing-Vienna-Barcelona and Shanghai-Munich.