It's still there suzeman, posted 10 hours ago.
In terms of Hainan, he told a Chinese reporter (will try and find the link again), that Beijing is likely to go daily very quickly, Shanghai the next logical link, but, then he may look at linking unserved cities from the UK to China, he named Shenzen, Xa'in, Chongqing and Wuhan as possible links from Manchester.
Xa'in is served by Hainan from Paris, Chongqing from Rome.
Seems a bold strategy, but, could be a positive one from Manchester.