Monarch Aircraft Engineering Limited (MAEL) has announced a line maintenance technical handling agreement with Hainan Airlines. The agreement, which commenced on July 3, 2015 is to provide call-out support to the Chinese operator’s flying program into Birmingham Airport this summer. Hainan Airlines, headquartered in Haikou, People's Republic of China will operate twice weekly flights on a Boeing 767-300 aircraft, with 223 seats – 34 in the business cabin and 199 in economy. The flights will operate from Beijing to Birmingham each Friday and Monday to the end of August 2015.