Short Takes
February 23rd 2018
Routes: Air Astana will replace the A320 with the A321 on the daily Almaty-Beijing route from June 20. Read More » Air India will increase Delhi-San Francisco B777-200LR service from six- to nine-weekly beginning March 25. Cathay Dragon will launch four-weekly Hong Kong-Jinan A320 flights starting March 26. Cathay Pacific Airways will launch a seasonal thrice-weekly Hong Kong-Cape Town A350-900 service operating from November 13 through to February 18. Emirates Airline will resume twice daily Dubai-Lisbon B777-300ER service commencing June 1. Etihad Airways will increase Abu Dhabi-Rome from daily to twelve weekly from March 25, increasing to double daily from April 30. Hainan Airlines will launch twice-weekly Shenzhen-Sihanoukville B737-800 flights from March 19; and it will increase both Chengdu-Los Angeles and Chengdu-New York B787-8 service from twice- to thrice-weekly from May 18 and May 24, respectively. Iran Air will launch weekly Tehran-Malmo A330-200 flights on March 31. Jetstar Asia will increase Singapore-Clark A320 operations from thrice- to five-weekly from March 26. Myanmar National Airlines will launch a twice-weekly Yangon-Phuket E190 route on March 25. Scoot will take over SilkAir’s Singapore-Langkawi route and increase frequency from thrice- to six-weekly A320 flights, starting April 11. Ural Airlines will launch thrice-weekly Vladivostok-Beijing A320 flights on March 26. Vanilla Air will launch daily Fukuoka-Taipei A320 flights from March 25. VietJet Air will increase Ho Chi Minh City-Phuket A321 service to daily starting April 23. Xiamen Airlines has launched thrice-weekly Hangzhou-Kalibo B737-800 flights.
