12月8日凌晨，海南航空海口—奥克兰HU797直飞航班从海口美兰国际机场起飞，于当地时间18：45抵达新西兰奥克兰国际机场，该航线作为海南开通的首条通往新西兰航线，将对海口、奥克兰两地的经济发展、人文交流起到积极的促进作用，搭建起海南通往大洋洲的便捷桥梁。
Direct flights between south China’s Haikou city and Auckland in New Zealand were launched as an aircraft carrying over 60 Chinese tourists landed at the Auckland International Airport on Friday.
上周五，一架载有60多名中国游客的飞机降落在奥克兰国际机场，开通了中国南部海口市和新西兰奥克兰之间的直飞航班。
The round-trip service, operated by an Airbus A330-300 aircraft, is currently scheduled for every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
往返服务由一架空客A330-300飞机执飞，目前计划于每周三、周五和周日运营。
Wang Junchao, deputy consul general of China in Auckland, said closer air links between China and New Zealand have boosted their economic and trade ties, tourism cooperation and people-to-people exchanges.
中国驻奥克兰副总领事王俊超说，中新航空联系日益密切，促进了两国经贸、旅游合作和人文交流。
“Hainan Airlines opened a route from Haikou to Auckland, laying a solid foundation for the construction of international transportation networks and international economic and trade cooperation networks,” Wand added.
王补充道：“海南航空开通了海口至奥克兰的航线，为国际运输网络和国际经贸合作网络的建设奠定了坚实的基础。”
Scott Tasker, chief customer officer of Auckland International Airport, said that the launching of the air routes is “extremely important” because “it established new people-to-people links between our two countries,” while China is New Zealand’s largest trading partner and Chinese visitors are the second largest visitor market.
奥克兰国际机场首席客户官Scott Tasker表示，开通这些航线“极其重要”，因为“它在我们两国之间建立了新的人文联系”，而中国是新西兰最大的贸易伙伴，中国游客是第二大游客市场。
Hainan Airlines Vice President Chen Hao said that the route will play a key role in promoting the economic development and cultural exchanges between Auckland and Haikou.
海南航空公司副总裁陈浩表示，该航线将对促进奥克兰和海口之间的经济发展和文化交流发挥关键作用。
This is Hainan Airlines’ fourth direct flight to Oceania after the Haikou-Sydney, Haikou-Melbourne, and Shenzhen-Auckland routes, said Chen.
陈说，这是继海口-悉尼、海口-墨尔本和深圳-奥克兰航线之后，海南航空第四次直飞大洋洲。
Wang Haifeng, general manager of Hainan Airlines Auckland Branch, estimated that round-trip flights on this route can transport over 1,500 passengers to the two places every week.
海南航空奥克兰办事处总经理王海峰估计，这条航线的往返航班每周可运送1500多名乘客前往两地。
