Russian stewardess shines on Hainan Airlines

It's been more than five years since Russian flight stewardess Bazhenova Evgenia, 31, joined Hainan Airlines Co, but to this day, she gets nervous recalling her first flight. "I could not sleep the night before."

It was an early flight from Beijing to Xiamen, Fujian province. Sleepless, she had to force herself to work. It involved going through various processes that she learnt during the three-month training.

Hainan Airlines, China's fourth-largest carrier, is a major operator in the Russia-China market. It introduce several flights to Russia in recent years. Two of its popular routes connect Beijing to Moscow and St. Peterburg.