On January 23rd, this Hainan Airlines A330-300 diverted to Calgary.
Originally flying from Shanghai to Seattle, poor visibility in Seattle and most of the
west coast that day caused this cargo-only flight to divert here. They spent a couple
hours on Apron 9 before departing again and successfully making it into Seattle.
Interestingly though, just a few years ago, this would have been an entirely normal sight.
Hainan Airlines actually flew passenger flights between Calgary and Beijing from 2016
up until 2019. In October of 2019 though, the route became seasonal,
with plans to return in the summer of 2020, which obviously didn't happen.
Still, nice to see Hainan here again! Enjoy the video.