In Brief ...
March 1st 2013
* Cathay Pacific Airways will launch a fifth daily return flight between Hong Kong and London Heathrow from June 27 increasing the number of weekly flights to 35. Read More »
* Garuda Indonesia will introduce six weekly B777-300 flights between Jakarta and London (Gatwick) in the fourth quarter of the year.
* United Airlines will expand its non-stop service between Hong Kong and Guam to four times a week from next month.
* Jeffrey N. Shane has been appointed general counsel for the International Air Transport Association, based in Montreal.
* Aircraft manufacturer Pratt & Whitney (P&W) broke ground on a new production facility at Singapore’s Seletar Aerospace Park on January 31. The factory will manufacture fan blades and high pressure turbine disks for P&W’s PurePower Geared Turbofan engines. The 16,000 sq metre plant will border the company’s component repair facility.
