London Heathrow Airport (LHR) will lose one of its longest nonstop routes in November as Hainan Airlines discontinues its 6,000-mile service to Haikou Meilan International Airport (HAK). Hainan currently operates a weekly flight between London and Haikou each Wednesday with a block time of 11 hours and 50 minutes.

The Chinese carrier will use the freed-up slots to add another weekly frequency to its Changsha Huanghua International Airport (CSX) pairing. This flight will then continue onwards to Haikou with a connecting time of over three hours in Changsha.

Hainan Drops London Heathrow-Haikou Direct Service

According to scheduling data from aviation analytics company Cirium , Hainan will no longer be operating its weekly Heathrow-Haikou connection, with the final flight pen

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