Direct flights between south China\u2019s Haikou city and Auckland in New Zealand were launched as an aircraft carrying over 60 Chinese tourists landed at the Auckland International Airport on Friday.<\/p>\n
The round-trip service, operated by an Airbus A330-300 aircraft, is currently scheduled for every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.<\/p>\n
Wang Junchao, deputy consul general of China in Auckland, said closer air links between China and New Zealand have boosted their economic and trade ties, tourism cooperation and people-to-people exchanges.<\/p>\n
\u201cHainan Airlines opened a route from Haikou to Auckland, laying a solid foundation for the construction of international transportation networks and international economic and trade cooperation networks,\u201d Wand added.<\/p>\n
Scott Tasker, chief customer officer of Auckland International Airport, said that the launching of the air routes is \u201cextremely important\u201d because \u201cit established new people-to-people links between our two countries,\u201d while China is New Zealand\u2019s largest trading partner and Chinese visitors are the second largest visitor market.<\/p>\n
Hainan Airlines Vice President Chen Hao said that the route will play a key role in promoting the economic development and cultural exchanges between Auckland and Haikou.<\/p>\n
This is Hainan Airlines\u2019 fourth direct flight to Oceania after the Haikou-Sydney, Haikou-Melbourne, and Shenzhen-Auckland routes, said Chen.<\/p>\n
Wang Haifeng, general manager of Hainan Airlines Auckland Branch, estimated that round-trip flights on this route can transport over 1,500 passengers to the two places every week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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