Short Takes
July 20th 2018
Routes: Air China will suspend its four-weekly Beijing-Brisbane A330-200 service from August 23 through to January 2; the airline will increase Beijing-Kuala Lumpur from four-weekly to daily, but downgrade the service from an A330-200 to an A321. Read More » China Eastern Airlines will replace the B777-300ER with the A330-200 on the daily Pudong-Heathrow route from October 28. China Express Airlines has launched a thrice-weekly Qiqihar-Vladivostok CRJ900 route. Flydubai will terminate its six-weekly Dubai-Sylhet B737-800 route, effective September 7. Singapore Airlines will add a fourth daily Singapore-Haneda service, operated by a B777-300ER, starting December 28. United Airlines will replace the B777-200ER with the -300ER on the daily Newark-Mumbai service from November 4, introducing Polaris on the route. Vietnam Airlines will replace the A321 with the B787-9 on the Hanoi-Nagoya route on four out of seven weekly departures, beginning October 28.
