Short Takes
February 3rd 2017
ROUTES: Air Macau will increase frequency on the Macau-Fukuoka A320 route from four- to five-weekly from April 6. Read More » Delta Air Lines will terminate its daily Narita-Taipei B767-300ER route from May 23. Finnair will increase frequency on the Hong Kong-Helsinki A350 rotation from daily to ten-weekly starting October 29. IndiGo Airlines will add a second daily Chennai-Singapore A320 flight commencing March 5. Lion Air plans to resume daily Solo-Kuala Lumpur B737-800 operations from February 15 and it plans to launch a daily Surabaya-Kuala Lumpur B737-800 service from the following day. Malaysia Airlines will launch a twice-weekly scheduled Kuala Lumpur-Haikou B737-800 flight on March 26. Malindo Air will launch a daily Kuala Lumpur-Guangzhou B737-800 route from March 15, followed by a twice-weekly Kuala Lumpur-Haikou rotation from March 28. Thai Lion Air will add a daily Don Mueang-Chengdu and a daily Don Mueang-Chongqing B737-800 service, both launching March 1. Ukraine International will add a seventh weekly frequency on the Beijing-Kiev B767-300ER route from May 25.
MRO: Indonesia’s GMF AeroAsia has signed a long-term agreement with Satair Group, value undisclosed, concerning Airbus Managed Inventory and Just In Time services which guarantee automatic part replacement at a fixed cost.
