Short Takes
July 22nd 2016
Airlines
Air Seoul has outlined its initial schedule. The LCC will assume parent Asiana Airlines’ Shizuoka and Takamatsu flights from October 7, with services to Nagasaki, Ube and Macau following shortly thereafter. Read More » Finnair has signed a long-tern partnership agreement with Alibaba Group subsidiary, Alitrip, for Mainland package tours to Lapland.
Routes
Air China will add a thrice-weekly Chengdu-Urumqi-Rome A330-300 route from October 30, as well as a thrice-weekly Chengdu-Sydney A330-200 service starting the same date. China Southern Airlines will launch a thrice-weekly Guangzhou-Adelaide A330-200 route from December 12, and a thrice-weekly Guangzhou-Toronto B777-300ER route from December 7. Emirates Airline will terminate its daily Colombo-Singapore B777-300ER tag from January 6. Juneyao Airlines will launch a daily Chengdu-Krabi A320 operation beginning July 28. Shandong Airlines will launch a thrice-weekly Jinan-Haneda B737-800 route starting August 18. Singapore Airlines will add a five-weekly Singapore-Manchester-Houston B777-300ER route starting October 30, replacing Moscow as the stopover point to Houston. Moscow will still be operated four times a week as a -300ER terminator flight. Tigerair Taiwan will add a thrice-weekly Taipei-Sapporo A320 flight starting September 13. United Airlines will terminate its daily Hong Kong-Ho Chi Minh City B737-800 service from October 29.
