Travelers between Haikou, capital of island Hainan Province in south China, and Fukuoka of Japan will have more options as a new air route linking the two cities is to open the end of the month.

Since 26th of this month, China Southern Airlines will fly between the two cities via Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province.

Chinese passenger planes depart Haikou at 07:30 in the morning and arrive in Guangzhou in an hour. Then they depart Guangzhou at about ten and arrive in Fukuoka in three hours
 
(CRI November 19, 2003)