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Honored as China's First 'SKYTRAX Four-Star Airline,' Hainan Airlines Demonstrates the Soft Power of Chinese Civil Aviation

Dépèche transmise le 3 décembre 2009 par PRNewswire

BEIJING, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 1, 2009, the award ceremony for China's first "SKYTRAX Four-Star Airline" was held at the JW Marriott Hotel Beijing, and attracted a great deal of attention from the aviation industry and media in China and abroad. SKYTRAX President Mr. Edward Plaisted presented the SKYTRAX four-star airline cup and certificate to Hainan Airlines CEO, Mr. Wang Yingming. As China's first SKYTRAX four-star airline company, Hainan Airlines (HNA) has obtained the highest SKYTRAX star rating in China, which reflects the increase in Chinese soft power of air services and is a milestone for the improvement of Chinese civil aviation's management and services and in China's growth into a civil aviation power. It also indicates that China's national enterprises have fully complied with international standards and taken another solid step toward the goal of creating world-class brands and helping the country to enhance its soft power.

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Belgian Ambassador to China Mr. Patrick NIJS, the Sudanese deputy ambassador to China Abdelmoniem O. Elbeiti, the Hungarian Embassy tourism counselor, Vero, and other embassy officials attended the award presentation ceremony, offering their congratulations to China's first SKYTRAX four-star airline. As loyal frequent passengers of Hainan Airlines, China's national table tennis team deputy leader Qiu Wenli and Olympic champion Ma Lin also attended the award ceremony and presented SKYTRAX President Edward Plaisted and HNA Group Chairman Chen Feng with table tennis rackets carrying the signatures of the world champions and Olympic champions from China's national table tennis team and offered congratulations to Hainan Airlines.

Mr. Plaisted said during the ceremony that the SKYTRAX Award is recognized as a global symbol of the quality of airline products and services. Hainan Airlines serves passengers worldwide with excellent Chinese culture and hospitality. In a recent audit of SKYTRAX, Hainan Airlines has upgraded its service quality successfully, which makes them very deserving of the honor.

SKYTRAX is currently the world's most credible and independent organization for the research and certification of aviation and air transport. It is authoritative with indicators on the quality of airline products and services.

For more information, please contact: Hainan Airlines Meng Meng Phone: +86-898-6673-9689 Email: meng_meng@hnair.com

CONTACT: Meng Meng of Hainan Airlines, +86-898-6673-9689, or