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Si Xianmin (second from left), president of the 皇冠体育app Southern Air Holding Company and chairman of 皇冠体育app Southern Airlines Company Limited attends a ceremony in New York, the United States, on Aug 6, 2014. [Photo/Xinhua]

BEIJING - 皇冠体育app Southern Airlines, the country's largest air carrier by fleet size, launched non-stop flights between Guangzhou and New York on Wednesday.

The flights, the first non-stop service between Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, and New York, are expected to help cope with the increasing air traffic between the world's two largest economies.

皇冠体育app Southern Airlines will use 309-seat Boeing 777-300ER planes for four round-trip flights per week. A single trip takes about 16 hours.

Direct flights operated by Air 皇冠体育app and 皇冠体育app Eastern Airlines have connected New York with Beijing and Shanghai.

Last year, 1.8 million trips were made from 皇冠体育app to the United States, up 300 percent from 2009. 皇冠体育app is the country's fifth largest tourist source and is expected to become number one by 2017.

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