Air China has just begun its new nonstop service from Beijing to Honolulu. According to the airlines, the flight will be offered three days a week. Currently, the only other carrier that offers nonstop service between China and Honolulu is China Eastern Airlines with its service from Shanghai to Honolulu. Hawaiian Airlines has also announced that they will be starting a direct route to Beijing on April 16, 2014, which will also fly three times per week.
David Uchiyama, the vice present of brand management for the Hawaii Tourism Authority commented, "Being able to open up Beijing is another phase of developing China as a whole and in terms of an inbound market to Hawaii. These flights from Air China open up Beijing, and then following Air China's three flights a week, Hawaiian comes into the market in April, which will bring a nice balance of origination points between Shanghai and Beijing. It's a new entry for them into the market, so the responsibility is on us to cultivate demand out of Beijing and Shanghai, and all of China for that matter, so we can develop that market further."
Source: Honolulu Star Advertiser, 1-20-2014, www.staradvertiser.com
Posted by Jeff Uyemura-Reyes, Principal Broker, REALTOR®
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