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Air China scrapping Beijing-Hawaii flights

Wednesday, 7 August 20193 min read
Air China scrapping Beijing-Hawaii flights

Air China will halt flights to Hawaii from Beijing later this month due to weak demand.

The escalating US-China trade war has had an effect, although last year the three times a week service only averaged 66% load factor according to Chinese flight data provider Variflight.

The route will be suspended from August 27.

Passengers with confirmed tickets for travel after this date will be entitled to a full refund, the airline said.

Hawaiian Airlines also pulled out of the same non-stop route after citing slower than expected growth.

Hawaiian launched the Honnolulu0-Beijing route back in 2014.

In recently released US tourism data, Chinese travel to the US posted its first decline for nearly 15 years.