Hainan Airlines has commenced five new links in time for summer, beginning three services to Europe and its first two services to Mexico

Four of the airline’s new airport pairs are direct services, but the Beijing (PEK) to Mexico City (MEX) link will operate via Tijuana (TIJ). At 12,538 kilometres, the indirect Mexico City sector is the longest of the five new routes. The shortest of the new sectors is the 9,049-kilometre link from Changsha (CSX) to London Heathrow (LHR). The average route length of the four direct connections is 9,770 kilometres. Frequencies on the five airport pairs vary from two to three per week.

Launched	From	To	Aircraft (WF)	Competition (WF)
20-Mar	Shenzhen (SZX)	Brussels (BRU)	B788 (2)
21-Mar	Beijing (PEK)	Mexico City (MEX)	B788 (3)
		Tijuana (TIJ)	B788 (3)
22-Mar	Shenzhen (SZX)	Madrid (MAD)	B788 (2)
23-Mar	Changsha (CSX)	London Heathrow (LHR)	B788 (3)
Source: OAG Schedules Analyser w/c 27 March 2018. WF = Weekly frequencies.

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