Short Takes
January 12th 2018
Routes: AirAsia India has launched a daily Bhubaneswar-Hyderabad A320 service. Read More » Air China will launch a thrice-weekly Hangzhou-Nha Trang A320 route on February 1, a daily Chengdu-Bangkok A320 rotation on February 12 and a four-weekly Beijing-Copenhagen A330-200 flight beginning May 30. Asiana Airlines will launch a daily Busan-Danang A320 service on March 25 and it will replace the B777-200ER with the A350-900 on the daily Incheon-Seattle route from July 31. Bangkok Airways will launch a daily Chiang Mai-Hanoi ATR72 rotation from March 25. Batik Air has launched a weekly Jakarta-Guilin B737-800 flight. Cebu Pacific Air will take delivery of its first A321 in March and will deploy the type twice a day on the Manila-Cebu and daily on the Manila-General Santos route from April 1; also, it will terminate its twice-weekly Cebu-Taipei A320 route from April 8. China Southern Airlines will increase frequency on the Guangzhou-Nairobi A330-200 route from twice- to thrice-weekly commencing July 9. Chongqing Airlines will add a four-weekly Chongqing-Hanoi A320 route on January 16. Hainan Airlines plans to launch a twice-weekly Shenzhen-Brussels B787-8 service from March 20. Hawaiian Airlines will launch a daily Honolulu-Long Beach A321neo service on May 31. Iberia will increase frequency on the Madrid-Narita A330-200 route from thrice- to five-weekly starting October 20. THAI will replace the B777-300ER with the A350-900 on the Bangkok-Narita route from January 16, followed by Bangkok-Osaka on February 1 and Bangkok-Haneda starting February 16. VietJet Air will replace the A320 with the larger A321 on the daily HCMC-Taichung and the double daily HCMC-Taipei route from February 1; also, it will terminate its five-weekly HCMC-Yangon A320 rotation from January 19.
