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Boston-Beijing nonstop service debuts

Hainan Airlines Flight 481 was greeted Friday after it touched down at Logan Airport.Barry Chin/Globe Staff/Globe Staff

Executives from Massport and Hainan Airlines joined Chinese dignitaries to welcome Hainan’s inaugural Flight 481 from Beijing to Boston as it touched down Friday at Logan Airport — the first nonstop service between the two cities.

The flight took about 13 hours, and round-trip tickets, through the end of June, cost about $1,000 for economy and $3,000 for business class.

Massport and Hainan executives are joined by Yi Liu, (third from left), China’s consulate general in New York, during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Logan Airport marking the inaugural flight.Barry Chin/Globe Staff