Air China has launched flights between Beijing and Honolulu in Hawaii. The new service, CA837/8, is the first nonstop air link between Beijing and Hawaii. Flights are operated three times a week on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday with widebody A330-200.

The outbound flight departs from Beijing at 01:30 Beijing time and arrives in Hawaii at 16:30 local time. The return flight takes off from Hawaii at 22:00 local time and arrives in Beijing at 05:20 Beijing time on the third day. In addition to the Beijing - Hawaii nonstop service, other new international services that Air China will soon introduce include Beijing-Vienna-Barcelona and Shanghai-Munich.