Short Takes
September 1st 2017
Routes: AirAsia will add a five-weekly Johor Bahru-Kolkata A320 route on November 28. Air China will launch a thrice-weekly Hangzhou-Phuket A320 flight on December 21, and it will increase frequency on the Beijing-Islamabad-Karachi A330-200 route from four-weekly to daily starting October 29. Read More » China Airlines (CAL) will increase frequency on the Kaohsiung-Sapporo A330-300 route from five-weekly to daily beginning October 29. Jeju Air will increase frequency on the Incheon-Vladivostok B737-800 route from four- to five-weekly commencing November 2. Jet Airways will increase frequency on the Mumbai-Riyadh B737-900ER route from daily to twice daily starting October 29. Korean Air will replace its double daily Incheon-Taipei A330 service with one daily A380 and one daily B737 service from October 29. Malaysia Airlines will launch a four-weekly Kuala Lumpur-Surabaya B737-800 route on October 29. Thai Airways International (THAI) will reduce frequency on the Suvarnabhumi-Beijing route from 17-weekly to double daily starting October 29, and it will replace the B777-300 with the B747-400 on the five-weekly Suvarnabhumi-Sapporo route, also from October 29. Thai Lion Air will launch a daily Don Mueang-Kunming B737-900ER rotation on October 29. Tigerair Taiwan will add a second daily Taipei-Macau A320 service from December 16.
