Continental Micronesia will begin new, nonstop flights between Saipan and Hong Kong today.<\/p>\n
Continental flight 909, which currently operates nonstop between Guam and Hong Kong, will operate from Guam to Hong Kong with a stop in Saipan beginning Nov. 1. On the return, Continental flight 910 will operate non-stop from Hong Kong to Saipan and continue on to Guam.<\/p>\n
The Saipan-Hong Kong flights will operate on Mondays and Fridays. The flights will be serviced by next-generation Boeing 737-800s, which can seat 189 passengers.<\/p>\n
Flight time between Saipan and Hong Kong is approximately four hours and 45 minutes.<\/p>\n
Continental flight 909 will leave Guam at 4:50pm, with estimated arrival time on Saipan at 5:35pm. From Saipan, CO909 will leave at 6:20pm, to arrive in Hong Kong at 9:15pm.<\/p>\n
Continental flight 910 will leave Hong Kong at 10:05pm, to arrive on Saipan at 4:45am. The service will then take off from Saipan at 5:30am and land on Guam at 6:10am.<\/p>\n
The Saipan-Hong Kong service is among a number of service offerings to the CNMI that Continental is planning for this year.<\/p>\n
Starting this week, the airline will also increase to thrice weekly its nonstop service between Saipan and Manila.<\/p>\n
The direct service to and from Manila was introduced in December last year. Currently, flights are operated every Tuesday and Friday, with 8:45pm departures from Saipan and 10pm takeoffs in Manila.<\/p>\n
In addition, nonstop flights between Saipan and Taipei are scheduled to begin Nov. 3.<\/p>\n
New Continental Connection commuter service, operated by Cape Air, between Guam and the CNMI began this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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