Short Takes
August 18th 2017
Routes: Beijing Capital Airlines will add a twice-weekly Qingdao-Heathrow A330-200 route on October 30. EVA Airways will increase frequency on the Taipei-Kuala Lumpur A330-300 route from daily to eleven-weekly commencing September 8. Read More » Juneyao Airlines will launch a six-weekly Pudong-Kalibo A320 service on October 30, followed by a thrice-weekly Nanjing-Kalibo A320 service starting the next day. Malaysia Airlines will replace the A330-300 with the B737-800 on the daily Kuala Lumpur-Perth route from October 29. Philippines AirAsia will launch a thrice-daily Manila-Ilo Ilo A320 route starting November 1. Qatar Airways will increase frequency on the Doha-Manila B777-300ER route from twice daily to 17-weekly beginning October 30. Thai Lion Air will add a four-weekly Don Mueang-Changsha B737-800 route beginning September 1. Thai Smile will terminate its four-weekly Suvarnabhumi-Kota Kinabalu A320 route from September 1; it launched the route in late March. Tibet Airlines will add a thrice-weekly Xian-Kathmandu A319 route from August 24, followed by a four-weekly Xian-Koh Samui A319 service launching the following day. Ural Airlines will launch a thrice-weekly Ekaterinburg-Beijing-Krabi A320 route on October 30. VietJet Air will start a five-weekly Hanoi-Kaohsiung A320 service from October 29.
