Beijing, Boston are just 13 hours apart

Updated: 2014-06-23 11:37

(China Daily USA)

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Beijing, Boston are just 13 hours apart
Deval Patrick (left), governor of Massachusetts, receives a gift from Xie Haoming, president of Hainan Airlines Co. Ltd, at a luncheon on Monday to celebrate the airline's new non-stop service between Beijing and Boston. The inaugural flight arrived in Boston Logan International Airport on June 20. Provided to China Daily

 Beijing, Boston are just 13 hours apart

Beijing

INAUGRAL EVENT

Hainan Airlines' senior executives and crew members for Flight 481, an inaugural direct service between Beijing and Boston, pose for a group photo at Beijing Capital International Airport before the flight takes off on June 20. Hainan Airlines, China's fourth-largest carrier, begins Beijing-to-Boston nonstop service on June 20, its third destination in the United States. The airline uses Boeing's 787 Dreamliner for the new four-day service on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, with the expected travel time between the two cities about 13 hours, according to Hainan Airlines. Provided to China Daily

 Beijing, Boston are just 13 hours apart

Boston

DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIP

Yi Liu (center), a counselor of the Economic and Commercial Office of the Consulate General of China in New York, addresses guests on June 20 during a press conference announcing Hainan Airlines' Beijing-to-Boston nonstop service at Boston Logan International Airport. Liu said there are more than 200,000 Chinese students studying in the US who are "directly benefi tted by this dynamic relationship" between Hainan Airlines and Boston's Logan International Airport. Jack Freifelder / China Daily

 Beijing, Boston are just 13 hours apart

Boston

RAISING HOPES

A flag-raising ceremony was held at Boston Logan International Airport to welcome Hainan Airlines' new direct service between Beijing and Boston on June 20. Zhang Yuwei / China Daily

 Beijing, Boston are just 13 hours apart

Boston

REASON TO CELEBRATE

Xie Haoming (center), president of Hainan Airlines, celebrates the arrival of the airline's inaugural flight between Beijing and Boston with two colleagues Hou Wei (second from right), vice-president of Hainan Airlines, and Liang Pubin (second from left), Hainan Airlines' general manager for North America, at Boston Logan International Airport on June 20. Zhang Yuwei / China Daily

 Beijing, Boston are just 13 hours apart

Boston

TOUCHDOWN

Hainan Airlines' inaugural flight between Beijing and Boston - a Boeing 787 Dreamliner carrying more than 200 passengers - lands at Boston Logan International Airport on June 20. Jack Freifelder / China Daily

 Beijing, Boston are just 13 hours apart

Boston

WELCOME TO BOSTON

A water cannon salutes Hainan Airlines' inaugural flight Boeing 787 Dreamliner upon its arrival at Boston Logan International airport on June 20. Provided to China Daily

 

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