老激动了.还记得前年在温哥华转机,由于加航的飞机晚点,在机场逗留了八个多小时. 休士顿作为美国的能源中心,作为美国第四大城市,作为与中国商贸往来非常频繁的城市,拥有极其大量的华裔居民，居然一直以来都没有到中国城市的直航飞机,回国必须要在其他城市转一下飞机.去年底听说了国航(Air China)要开通休士顿与北京直航的飞机,就一直希望是真事儿.终于,今天正式消息被很高调地公布出来了(见下面）. 新开通的航线信息： ２０１３年７月１１日正式开通． 一周四次，客机为波音777-300ER． 休士顿凌晨１：４０起飞，到北京为第二天早晨５点．下飞机直接进城都不耽误吃热乎的煎饼果子．然后直接开始工作？ 返程：北京下午３点起飞，到当天休士顿下午３：３０，开车回家正好晚饭时间．睡一觉第二天就可以工作？ Houston lands Beijing flights on Air China TODAY IN THE SKY (Photo: PR NEWSWIRE) Air China has tabbed Houston Bush Intercontinental as its newest U.S. gateway. The carrier plans to begin nonstop service to Beijing on July 11, pending regulatory approval. "We've seen a steady growth of air travel between Houston and China in recent years, and now it will become the first scheduled passenger destination in the U.S. that we've added in three decades," Air China President Jianjiang Cai says in a release announcing the new route. As expected, Houston airport officials enthusiastically greeted the news. "We offer a Texas-sized welcome to Air China on the new flights to Bush Intercontinental that offer the Lone Star State a direct connection to China," Mario Diaz , Director of the Houston Airport System, says in the release . "As a critical economic driver for Houston, this new route will result in tremendous benefits to the region." Air China plans to fly four flights a week on Boeing 777-300ER jets. China-bound flights will leave Houston at 1:40 a.m. and land in Beijing at 5 a.m. the next day, all times local. The return flight will leave Beijing at 3 p.m. and land in Houston at 3:30 p.m. on the same day, all times local. Houston will become Air China's fifth destination in North America. It's others are Los Angeles, New York JFK, San Francisco and Vancouver. Air China says the addition of Houston highlights "its investment in the Americas with new nonstop services, product upgrades and increase in flight frequencies." In the release, Air China says: On March 31, 2013, the New York-Beijing flight will increase from 7 to 11 per week. As well, the aircraft for this route will be upgraded to B777-300ER. The Los Angeles-Beijing service, which uses the B777-300ER, will resume its double daily flights on March 31, 2013. Vancouver-Beijing is scheduled to increase from 7 to 11 flights per week on May 17, 2013. A bigger B747-400 full-passenger aircraft will be used for the San Francisco-Beijing daily operation beginning March 31, 2013.
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