Hainan Airlines launches scheduled flights from Haikou to Luang Prabang and Vientiane, two Lao cities, using its Boeing B737-800 aircraft. Passengers from Hainan will no longer require to transit in Suvarnabhumi, Kuala Lumpur, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City or Singapore for connection flights to Vientiane or Luang Prabang.
The first scheduled flight to Luang Prabang from Haikou under HU459 takes off at 6.55 am, arrives in Luang Prabang at 7.40 am before leaving Luang Prabang at 9 am and touching down in Haikou at 11.45 am under flight HU460 on 30 December 2016. The return flight operates on Fridays.
Hainan Airlines launches its first scheduled flight to Vientiane from Haikou on 1 January 2017. The return flight to Vientiane departs from Haikou and lands in Haikou at the same timings as the return Luang Prabang flight. The differences are the outgoing flight code to Vientiane is HU461 while HU462 is the flight code on the Vientiane – Haikou route sector. The return flights are conducted on Sundays and Wednesdays.
Haikou is the fifth non-stop Chinese destination on the route network of Wattay Airport, Vientiane, after Kunming, Guangzhou, Changsha and Changzhou and the third Chinese destination on Luang Prabang airport’s route network after Jinghong and Chengdu.
