Short Takes
November 24th 2017
MRO: South Korean low-cost carrier, Jeju Air, has expanded its partnership with AFI KLM E&M by increasing the scope of its existing engine support contract to include a further ten CFM56-7B shop visits. Read More » ST Aerospace has secured a 15-year contract for B787 Aircraft Component Support from Gulf Air.
Routes: Air Busan has launched a daily Daegu-Taipei A321 route. Asiana Airlines will increase frequency on the Incheon-Chicago B777-200ER route from five-weekly to daily starting May 1. EastarJet will launch a thrice-weekly Incheon-Miyazaki B737-800 route on December 21. Far Eastern Air Transport has replaced MD80 series aircraft with ATR72-600s on the thrice-daily Taichung-Kinmen and twice-daily Taichung-Magong routes. Hainan Airlines plans to operate a twice-weekly Haikou-Sydney A330-300 service from January 30 through to March 24. IndiGo Airlines will launch daily A320 flights from both Hyderabad and Kochi to Doha from December 21, as well as daily A320 flights from both Kochi and Lucknow to Sharjah from December 29. Loong Air has launched a daily Beijing-Xian-Cam Ranh A320 route. Mahan Air has increased frequency on the Tehran-Guangzhou A340-600 route from four- to five-weekly. Philippines-based Pan Pacific Airlines has increased frequency on the Kalibo-Incheon A320 route from daily to double daily and it will launch a twice-weekly Kalibo-Busan A320 service on November 29. THAI will increase frequency on the Bangkok-Milan A350 route from four- to five-weekly commencing January 3.
