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The roll-out of the new service will not only further expand the Chinese airline's international route network but also provide passengers travelling between China and Australia with more travel options.
BELGRADE, Serbia – The first flight of the new service, Hainan Airlines HU7937, which took off from Beijing Capital International Airport, landed successfully at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport at 9:20 am on September 15, 2017 local time after 13 hours in the air. The celebration and ribbon cutting ceremony for the maiden flight was attended by Serbia’s Prime Minister Ana Brnabic, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Construction Zorana Mihajlovic, Chinese Ambassador to Serbia Li Manchang, Hainan Airlines Vice President Quan Dongand executives at several Chinese firms with operations in Serbia as well as a group of important local industry leaders and dignitaries.
Serbia’s Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said in her speech that the level of cooperation between China and Serbia had grown significantly, with the total value of projects between the two countries currently in progress exceeding US$6 billion, while, at the same time, bilateral trade has been increasing significantly. Chinese Ambassador to Serbia Li Manchang said new developments emerge every day between the two countries and the resumption of direct air service between the two capitals is a further testament to the growing strength of the relationship. In alignment with China’s One Belt, One Road initiative, Hainan Airlines plans to continue expanding its presence outside of its home market, especially across the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, most of which have already established close ties with China, said Quan Dong.
In recent years, Hainan Airlines has made rapid gains in its international reach, with the proportion of revenue attributable to the international segment growing year by year. In the second half of this year, in addition to the Beijing-Prague-Belgrade and Shanghai-Tel Aviv services which are already in operation, Hainan Airlines is scheduled to also launch Shanghai-Brussels, Shenzhen-Brisbane, Chongqing-New York, Chengdu-New York, Shenzhen-Brisbane and Shenzhen-Cairns services as well as several other intercontinental routes, further expanding the carrier’s international network around the globe.
Hainan Airlines inaugurates direct air service between Shenzhen and Brisbane
Hainan Airlines announced the launch of direct air service between Shenzhen and Brisbane during the grand inauguration ceremony held at Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport on September 20, 2017. The maiden flight of Hainan Airlines HU411, which took off from Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport at 10:35 pm on September 20, 2017 Beijing time, landed at Brisbane Airport at 9:30 am on September 21, 2017 local time. The roll-out of the new service will not only further expand the Chinese airline’s international route network but also provide passengers travelling between China and Australia with more travel options.
Brisbane, also known as “the City of Sunshine“, is the capital of Queensland, a state in northeast Australia. The launch of the direct service between Shenzhen and Brisbane, two cities that established a sister city relationship in 1992, is expected to facilitate international trade between China and Australia and deepen cultural exchanges between the two countries in addition to promoting the development of the two cities’ tourism sectors.
Hainan Airlines has been named a SKYTRAX five-star airline for seven consecutive years. The airline also has one of the world’s best safety records in that it has not had a major accident in its 24 years of operation, and it was ranked third in airline safety in 2016 by JACDEC, a German airline safety data evaluation firm. With the new service, Hainan Airlines will provide comfortable and safe flying experiences to passengers travelling between China and Australia.
Photo caption: A group photo taken at Hainan Airline’s Shenzhen-Brisbane flight inauguration ceremony
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