Almost four years to the day it began service to Seattle, Hainan Airlines has announced it will increase frequency to daily on June 8, offering nearly 1500 seats each way per week. Currently the airline serves the market four times a week, and will increase service to five times on May 15. The daily service will continue throughout the peak summer season, until the winter schedule takes effect in November. Current service is operated with two-class Airbus A330-200 aircraft. Hainan Airlines is also one of the launch customers for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Hainan Airlines is a Skytrax certified five-star airline recognized for providing outstanding service in both its Premium Business class and Economy Class, with departures from Seattle at 2:00pm, arriving in Beijing at 4:00pm. Connections can be made to Shanghai, Guangzhou and other points in China plus Mongolia, Eastern Russia and elsewhere in Asia. The airline also operates numerous flights between the island of Taiwan and the Chinese Mainland.

“Our customers have been asking for more frequency for a long time”, said Joel Chusid, Managing Director for Hainan Airlines in North America, “So we’re pleased to be able to accommodate their request. This provides both our loyal, regular customers as well as infrequent travelers with increased flexibility in being able to travel any day of the week. We hope that people who have not flown us before will give us a try to experience our five-star service. Cargo shippers will also benefit from the added frequency.”