Orient Aviation’s Week in the Asia-Pacific
By Dominic Lalk
It’s been a week of firsts in Asia-Pacific aviation. Boeing secured export licences for 80 aircraft for Iran Air, Emirates Airline received the first Trent 900-powered A380, China Southern Airlines and HK Express both took their first A320neos and United Airlines announced Hong Kong as its first B777-300ER Polaris route. In Singapore, Tiger Airways Holdings decided to sell its equity in Tigerair Taiwan to China Airlines (CAL), while the local authorities cleared the SIA-Lufthansa Joint venture. In Delhi, Air India and VietJet Air signed an unexpected partnership agreement and in Australia, Qantas Airways confirmed Perth-London nonstop flights from 2018 after settling a fees dispute with Perth Airport.
Iran firms up an order for 80 Boeing jets, Al Baker considers A321neo and Emirates launches Trent 900 A380 Read More »
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Qantas confirms Perth-London launch after settling dispute with city’s airport
Qantas Airways this week confirmed it would launch a “game-changing” Perth-London B787-9 nonstop service in 2018. Read More »
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Singapore clears SIA -Lufthansa joint venture
The Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) has issued formal approval of the joint venture between Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Lufthansa Group on routes to Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore and in Europe to Austria, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland. Read More »
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Shanghai and Changsha mark new passenger record
Shanghai Airport Authority, operator of Hongqiao International Airport and Pudong International Airport, on Monday set a record when its 100 millionth passenger for the year arrived on a China Eastern Airlines flight from Moscow on Monday. Read More »
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United launches B777-300ER on Hong Kong route
United Airlines this week announced it would commence scheduled B777-300ER operations into Hong Kong by March 31 next year. Read More »
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Cathay adds UK capacity and HK Express receives first A320neo
Cathay Pacific Airways this week announced service increases to the UK in 2017. Read More »
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Tigerair sells Tigerair Taiwan holding; Far Eastern to acquire TransAsia?
Roar Aviation III Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tiger Airways Holdings Limited (Tigerair), has decided to sell its 10% equity in Tigerair Taiwan to China Airlines (CAL) after reported losses that have exceeded $35 million since 2014. Read More »
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China Southern adds maiden A320neo and Guangzhou-Adelaide link
Guangzhou’s China Southern Airlines on Tuesday took delivery of the first of 24 on-order A320neo, fitted with Pratt & Whitney’s PW1100G geared turbofans. Read More »
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VietJet and Air India sign partnership agreement
Indian flag carrier, Air India, and new-kid-on-the-block and the largest domestic airline in Vietnam, VietJet Air, this week signed a comprehensive sales, marketing and training initiatives partnership. Read More »
People
Sabre appoints Menke as new CEO
Sabre Corporation on Friday said its board of directors has appointed Sean Menke (current president of Sabre Travel Network and a former CEO at Frontier Airlines) as president, CEO and a member of Sabre’s board, effective December 31. Read More »
People
Muhammad Azam Saigol, chairman of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), on Monday resigned as the fallout from last week’s fatal ATR42-500 crash killing all 48 passengers and crew aboard continues. Read More »
Short Takes
Airlines: ANA Holdings CEO, Shinya Katanozaka, this week said ANA has invested an initial $150,000 for a 49% stake in a new airline venture in Myanmar that looks to start international operations in 2018. Read More »
