=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This article was sent to you by someone who found it on SFGate. The original article can be found on SFGate.com here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/n/a/2006/01/02/financial/= f112429S00.DTL --------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, January 2, 2006 (AP) Airline to Offer Boston-China Flights (01-02) 11:24 PST BOSTON, (AP) -- Hainan Airlines will offer the first direct flights between Boston and China, officials here said Monday. The deal between Hainan and the Massachusetts Port Authority, which operates Logan International Airport, was announced by Mayor Thomas Menino during his fourth-term inauguration speech. It will be the first nonstop service between China and the United States for the low-cost carrier. The agreement, which still needs Federal Aviation Administration approva= l, calls for cargo service to begin this summer, with passenger flights to start by year's end. Hainan is China's fourth-largest airline and is in the process of changi= ng its name to Grand China Airline. ------------------------------------------= ---------------------------- Copyright 2006 AP