A Beijing-based charter company is planning to begin six weekly nonstop flights to Honolulu this year in what will be the first direct air service between China and Hawaii.
It will offer three flights from Tianjin, tentatively beginning July 28, and the same number from Hangzhou in October.
Mega Global Airway will use Boeing 767 airliners that can carry 220 to 240 passengers on the flights, which will continue on to Las Vegas. It says the first six months already are sold out.
Mega Global's new Hawaii service will come a month after a pact between China and the United States allowing Chinese group leisure travel to the U.S. for the first time.
Hopefully this will boost Hawaii's current dismal visitor numbers. I also hope that they work out the difficulty that foreigner visitors are encountering when acquiring tourist visas.