Transaero Airlines, a Russian airline, launched maiden flights between Saint Petersburg, Russia's second city, and Sanya, in China's island resort province of Hainan, on October 30.

Flights are scheduled for every other Monday, leaving Saint Petersburg at 4:15 a.m. (Beijing Time) and arriving in Sanya at 3:05 p.m. the same day. It will depart Sanya at 5:05 p.m.

The company already operates flights between Moscow and Sanya every Wednesday and Sunday, and plans to introduce a Moscow-Sanya-Guangzhou flight every Friday, according to Sanya Phoenix International Airport.