Short Takes
October 20th 2017
Routes: Beijing Capital Airlines will launch a twice-weekly Qingdao-Heathrow A330-200 route on November 17. Cambodia Angkor Air will launch a thrice-weekly Siem Reap-Kunming A320 scheduled charter route on October 29. Read More » China Southern Airlines will launch a twice-weekly Beihai-Da Nang B737-800 route on November 22. Drukair resumed daily Paro-Bangkok A319 flights on October 1. Hawaiian Airlines has rostered an A321neo on the daily Kahului-Oakland route from January 8, as well as daily Kahului-Portland from January 18, replacing A330-200s. Moreover, from March 21, the carrier will increase frequency on the Honolulu-Auckland A330-200 route from thrice-to five-weekly. HK Express will add twice-weekly Hong Kong-Kumamoto A320 flights starting November 16. Oman Air has rostered its first B737 MAX 8 daily on the Muscat-Kuwait and Muscat-Delhi routes from February 1. Qatar Airways will begin a thrice-weekly Doha-Penang B787-8 route commencing February 8. Shenzhen Airlines will launch a daily Shenzhen-Phnom Penh B737-800 service on December 20. Xiamen Airlines will add a four-weekly Xiamen-Phnom Penh B737-700 route on December 16, to be increased to daily flights beginning January 28.
