Good News for Travelers to the East: Starting Today – Hainan Airlines Resumes Direct Route to Beijing

The Chinese airline, which operated the route to Shenzhen throughout the war, is restoring the direct route between Tel Aviv and Beijing that was halted at the beginning of the conflict on April 10. All details and frequencies

Amit Kotler
published 25.02.25 | 11:23 | Updated 11.04.25 | 08:22

Hainan Airlines. Photo: Shutterstock

Good News for Travelers to the East.

The airline Hainan Airlines is resuming today (Thursday, 10/04) the direct route between Tel Aviv and Beijing.

In the absence of El-Al flights, this is the only flight that will operate on the route between Tel Aviv and Beijing.

Hainan flights to Beijing will operate twice a week.

The flights to Beijing will depart from Ben Gurion Airport on Mondays and Thursdays at 15:00, landing in Beijing at 04:45 the next day. Flights from Beijing will leave on Mondays and Thursdays at 02:00 local time and arrive on the same day at 07:40 at Ben Gurion Airport. Ticket sales will begin within the next 48 hours.

The flights to Beijing will join three flights to Shenzhen in the south of the country that will continue to operate as they did throughout the war.

Photo: Shutterstock

All of the company’s flights between China and Israel are routed through the secure northern path and operated on the new Dreamliner (Boeing 787) aircraft. It should be noted that Hainan Airlines has recently, for the 11th consecutive time, received a five-star rating from Skytrax, and is the only Chinese company to have received this rating for such an extended period.

Hainan Airlines is the fourth-largest airline in China, which began operating routes between Israel and China nearly a decade ago. Beijing, the capital of this giant state, also serves as China’s political and business center. From Beijing Airport, travelers can connect to destinations within China and beyond.

CEO of Hainan Airlines Israel, Miller Chen: "We are very proud that we did not stop flying to Israel even in the most difficult days of the war. The resumption of the direct route to Beijing represents a significant expression of confidence from the company’s headquarters in the Israeli market, and in the situation in Israel. The demand for China and the East is continuously rising, strengthening the bridge we are creating between China and Israel. We will continue to provide Israeli travelers with the best and most stable conditions to fly to China and the East even in times of uncertainty in Israel."