Short Takes
November 25th 2016
Airlines: Air China has closed reservations for its four-weekly Shenzhen-Melbourne A330-200 route previously planned to launch January 9. Read More » Lufthansa plans to take delivery of its first A350-900 on December 19, with Munich-Delhi its first long-haul revenue route from February.
MRO: HAECO Xiamen Technical Training has signed an agreement with AVIC International to deliver customized aircraft maintenance training for the state-owned company’s overseas airline customers.
Routes: Air Busan will start a daily Daegu-Osaka A320 service from December 23, and a thrice-weekly Daegu-Sapporo A320 service from the same date. Cambodia Angkor Air will launch a thrice-weekly Siem Reap-Beijing A320 flight starting December 16. Etihad Airways will reduce frequency on the Abu Dhabi-Minsk A319 route from daily to thrice-weekly commencing January 16. Gulf Air will launch a five-weekly Bahrain-Colombo A320 flight starting January 19. Hainan Airlines will add a twice-weekly Shenzhen-Danang B737-800 route on November 28, followed by a twice-weekly Shenzhen-Phuket B737-800 route starting December 17. Jin Air will replace the B737-800 with the B777-200ER on the daily Incheon-Taipei service from December 12. Korean Air will terminate its thrice-weekly Incheon-Riyadh-Jeddah A330-200 route from February 24. Lion Air has added a daily Jakarta-Kupang and a daily Jakarta-Ternate B737-800 flight. Okay Airways will launch a four-weekly Tianjin-Phuket B737-800 flight from November 29, and it will add a weekly Xian-Hakodate B737-800 flight beginning December 23. Subject to change, Turkish Airlines plans to launch a thrice-weekly Istanbul-Havana-Caracas A330-200 triangular route on December 20.
