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Staff prepare the check-in area for Hainan’s inaugural flight from LAX to Changsha on January 21. Business class passengers have a clearly designated queue.

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Staff prepare the check-in area for Hainan's inaugural flight from LAX to Changsha on January 21. Business class passengers have a clearly designated queue.

Staff prepare the check-in area for Hainan’s inaugural flight from LAX to Changsha on January 21. Business class passengers have a clearly designated queue.

SENIOR CORRESPONDENT - LOS ANGELES, CA. With LAX serving as a second home, John enjoys being confined to an aluminum (or now carbon composite) cylinder jetting through the air miles above the terra firma. He has logged millions of miles in such conditions and enjoyed it 99% of the time. Email: john@airlinereporter.com. You can also read more about John's non-AVGeek musings on his personal blog, VNAFlyer.

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