Hainan Airlines makes history at O'Hare Airport in wee hours Tuesday

In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines made history in Chicago as the carrier’s inaugural flight from Chicago to Chengdu, China departed O’Hare International Airport at 12:07 a.m. (three minutes ahead of schedule, for the record). The flight’s departure officially made Chicago the first and only interior city in the United States to offer nonstop scheduled passenger service to interior China. Chengdu, famous for its pandas, is in the Sichuan province and is one of… (www.bizjournals.com) Mehr...