Short Takes
November 1st 2019
AIRLINES: All Nippon Airways (ANA) has lowered its outlook for the year to March 31, 2020, due to weak demand for premium travel and reduced cargo income. Read More » The group attributed the downturn in business to the U.S./Sino trade war. ANA cut its net profit forecast to 94 billion yen (US$860 million) from 108 billion yen. LCC Vietjet has committed to 20 A321XLRs to support its international expansion, with first deliveries scheduled in 2023. Peach, following its merger with Vanilla Air, has opened a base at Tokyo Narita.
CODE-SHARES: India’s Vistara has expanded its code-share partnership with the Singapore Airlines Group to include Australia’s major cities as well as Wellington, New Zealand.
MANUFACTURERS: Bombardier has reached an agreement to sell its aerostructures business, which includes plants in Belfast and Morocco, to Spirit Aerosystems for US$1 billion in cash and debt. The Canadian company is concentrating development on its more profitable rail and business jet divisions.
ROUTES: From next month, Shenzhen Airlines will increase Shenzhen – Osaka Kansai flights to double daily. In the first quarter of next year, Delta Air Lines will fly A330-900neo on three of its seven services a week between Seattle and Beijing. Skymark Airlines will commence daily Tokyo Narita – Saipan flights with 737-800s and will add Tokyo-Nagoya Chubu twice a week from later this month. Air Koryo is expanding Pyongyang – Macau to three times a week based on information listed on Macau International Airport’s website. Chengdu Airlines has commenced services to Vladivostok with China’s ARJ21-700s.
