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| Brussels Airport, 27 November 2009 - Hainan Airlines, China's largest private airline, has announced the startup of daily fights between Brussels Airport and Beijing as from April 27th, 2010. Hainan Airlines launched operations between Beijing and Brussels in 2006 and is currently offering three weekly flights during the winter season and four weekly flights during the summer season. Since the startup of this service, the direct flights between Brussels and China have become very popular with both holiday and business travelers. Flights will be operated with Airbus 330-200 aircraft, offering 36 180° flat bed seats in business class and 177 seats in economy. All seats are equipped with a state-of-the-art inflight entertainment system with personal touch screens. All flights will offer convenient onward connections to Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei and a large number of other destinations in China and North East Asia. Hainan Airlines Group is operating a fleet of 210 aircraft. "The availability of a daily direct service will be very much welcomed by business passengers", explains Jos Stroobants, Director Aviation Development at Brussels Airport. "This announcement illustrates the growth of business relations between our countries, as well as the growing popularity of the many wonders of China for European holiday travelers, and the attraction of our own cultural heritage for the growing number of Chinese visitors". In spite of the current economic situation, several new long distance initiatives were announced during the past weeks. As from the summer of 2010, Icelandair will start flights from Brussels to Reykjavik, Air Canada starts direct daily flights to Montreal and United Airlines adds a daily service to Chicago. |
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