Philippine Airlines will launch on June 15, 2016 a twice weekly service between Manila and Saipan, a U.S.territory in the Pacific. One of the largest islands in the Northern Marianas, Saipan is four hours away from Manila. The new flights are on code share with PAL Express. “Saipan is home to thousands of Filipinos. Opening … Read more
ANA Holdings has signed a purchase agreement with Airbus covering the firm order of three A380s. With this milestone order for Airbus, ANA Group has joined the customer base for the world’s largest passenger aircraft and will become the first Japanese airline to operate the type. ANA Group will take delivery of the aircraft from … Read more
Hong Kong Airlines has signed a codeshare agreement with Air Astana. Under the agreement, Hong Kong Airlines customers can now travel with Air Astana to Almaty in Kazakhstan, while Air Astana customers get the opportunity to book tickets of both airlines to reach Hong Kong Airlines’ destinations in China, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam. Air Astana … Read more
The Cathay Pacific Group today announced a new era of growth and opportunity for its two airlines. Cathay Pacific’s wholly owned sister airline Dragonair is to be rebranded as Cathay Dragon. The two will remain as separate airlines, operating under their own licences. By more closely aligning the two brands, this rebranding will capitalise on … Read more
Cathay Pacific Airways today announced the expansion of its non-stop Boston to Hong Kong service from four to five flights per week. The additional flight will begin on May 5, 2016, just one year after Cathay Pacific’s inaugural Boston to Hong Kong flight, which linked New England and Hong Kong directly for the first time. … Read more
Assembly of the main airframe sections of the first A350 XWB for China Airlines is advancing at Airbus’ Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse, France. This involves the assembly of the wing-fuselage junction, the installation of the tailplane and also the tailcone. The aircraft will then be moved to the next assembly station for structural … Read more
Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments On January 18 and 19, Sichuan Airlines successively launched direct routes from Tokyo to Chengdu and from Osaka to Chengdu. There are total four flights from Tokyo to Chengdu each week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday). Departure of outbound flight 3U8086 is 20:30 Tokyo time, arriving in Chengdu at 00:50 (+1). Departure of inbound flight 3U8085 … Read more
Vietjet announced it will officially launch Hanoi – Taipei route on February 1st with 3 return flights a week. The flight between Hanoi and Taipei will take 2 hours and 40 minutes one way, and will be operated every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Flight VJ5972 will depart from Hanoi at 15:10 and arrive at … Read more
Cebu Pacific received its first Airbus A320 aircraft with the new livery today, January 22, 2016. The aircraft was delivered brand-new from the Airbus factory in Toulouse, France. Equipped with fuel-saving wingtip devices called Sharklets, the Airbus A320 is coated with CEB’s new logo which was first rolled out in June 2015. The theme builds … Read more
Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments SpiceJet today reported a net profit of INR 238.40 crore for Q3 FY16, an improvement of INR 513.42 crore over the net loss of INR 275.03 crore for the same quarter last year. This is the highest quarterly net profit the airline has reported in its history. SpiceJet has … Read more