Airline helps to ensure happy Spring Festival

Li Jincheng, a volunteer support teacher in a small town in Yunnan province, flew home on Jan 23 for the Spring Festival, after traveling for three days by bus from the primary school he worked at to the province's capital.

The 25-year-old postgraduate student at Yunnan University said it is very important for him to go back home to Shandong province for the festival, although it usually costs him four days and more than 3,000 yuan ($456) on air tickets.

But it is different this year, as he was sponsored by HNA Group, the fourth-largest airline group in China.