Short Takes
August 10th 2018
Cargo: Indian LCC, SpiceJet, is set to increase its cargo business with expanded domestic services as well as launch a daily cargo flight from Guwahati in Assam to Hong Kong. Read More »
Routes: AirAsia will launch a four-weekly Kuala Lumpur-Silangit A320 service from October 28. Air Canada will replace the B777-300ER with the B787-9 on the daily Vancouver-Hong Kong route from November 4. China Eastern Airlines will launch a thrice-weekly Pudong-Gatwick A330-200 service from December 7. Hong Kong Airlines will terminate its twice-weekly Hong Kong-Miyazaki A320 route from October 28; the airline will increase Hong Kong-Kagoshima A320 service from five-weekly to daily starting the same date. IndiGo Airlines will add a daily Kolkata-Singapore A320 route and a daily Tiruchirapally-Singapore A320 service, both from September 15. Lanmei Airlines launched a twice-weekly Sihanoukville-Shantou A319 route, a weekly Siem Reap-Ordos A319 service and a twice-weekly Siem Reap-Meixian A319 rotation. Malindo Air will launch four-weekly Subang-Silangit ATR72-600 flights commencing August 17. Qatar Airways will increase Doha-Copenhagen B787-8 flights from twice daily to 17-weekly beginning September 3. Royal Brunei will start thrice-weekly Brunei-Taipei A320 flights commencing December 3. Spring Airlines will add a daily Dalian-Jeju A320 route from August 20. Thai AirAsia X will launch daily Don Mueang-Nagoya A330-300 flights from October 30. Thai Lion Air will launch four-weekly Phuket-Zhengzhou B737-900ER flights from August 16. Turkish Airlines will launch thrice-weekly Istanbul-Denpasar B787-9 flights starting July 17 next year, increasing to daily rotations from August 8.
