Vietjet has celebrated its newest international route connecting Ho Chi Minh City with Yangon, Myanmar. The new route will be operated with a frequency of five return flights per week on every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The flying time per sector is around 2 hours and 15 minutes. Flights depart Ho Chi Minh … Read more
Dynamic International Airways launched a $97.7 million breach of contract lawsuit against Air India in New York Federal Court. Air India sub-contracted Dynamic International Airways for the year 2013 and 2014 for carriage of holy pilgrims from India to Saudi Arabia round-trip. Dynamic carried 47,976 passengers for Hajj 2014 and carried around 6000 passengers for … Read more
Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments SpiceJet, India’s low cost airline, has announced the launch of direct flights to Dubai from the cities of Amritsar and Kozhikode (Calicut). With the launch of these flights, SpiceJet will be serving Dubai direct from eight Indian cities: Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Pune, Kochi, Madurai, Amritsar, and Kozhikode, with connections … Read more
Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced that Okinawa-based Ryukyu Air Commuter Co., Ltd (RAC) is the unidentified airline that had signed a firm purchase agreement for five Q400 turboprop airliners previously announced in July 2014. RAC, which is a part of the Japan Airlines Group, is also the launch customer of … Read more
Cathay Pacific Airways celebrated a significant achievement with the delivery of the airline’s 70th 777 aircraft – also the last and 53rd 777-300ER (Extended Range) of its confirmed orders – that has made Cathay Asia’s largest operator of the 777 fleet. With the last delivery, Cathay Pacific’s 777 aircraft fleet comprises of 53 777-300ERs, 12 777-300s … Read more
Last weekend, Vietjet’s brand-new aircraft, an A320 (coded VN-A662), landed at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport, Ho Chi Minh City after flying from Toulouse in France. The aircraft – an A320 with Sharklet wingtips – is the eighth of the milestone agreement between Vietjet and Airbus for purchasing and leasing 100 aircraft. … Read more
Cebu Pacific accepted delivery of its 32nd brand-new Airbus A320 aircraft which arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) last Saturday, September 26, 2015. This is the third Airbus A320 aircraft that the airline is set to receive this year. The brand-new Airbus A320 is the airline’s thirteenth aircraft that comes equipped with Sharklets. Sharklets … Read more
On the 23rd of September Boeing welcomed China President Xi Jinping to its widebody commercial airplane factory and announced several agreements that will broaden and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation between Boeing and China. The agreements include orders and commitments for 300 Boeing narrowbody and widebody aircraft and expanded collaboration between Boeing and China’s commercial aviation industry. Together, … Read more
Hainan Airlines flight HU7937 landed at Vaclav Havel Airport Prague at 7:10 am on September 23(rd) local time, marking the successful inaugural flight of the carrier’s Beijing-Prague route, the first nonstop service between China and the Czech Republic. After the aircraft arrived at the gate, Hainan Airlines held a brief welcoming ceremony at Vaclav Havel … Read more
Having successfully operated in India with its existing fleet of six aircraft, Vistara took delivery of its seventh Airbus A-320. The steady and measured fleet expansion plan underlines Vistara’s commitment to domestic market as in a short span the airline has grown its fleet to seven taking the count to nine by December 2015. The new … Read more