Asia

ANA Holdings has firmed up an order for seven more A321 aircraft (four A321ceo with Sharklets and three A321neo), following the previous announcement in January this year. This firm order brings ANA’s total order for the A320 Family to 37 aircraft (26 A321neo, four A321ceo with Sharklet, and seven A320neo). ANA Group will be the … Read more

Air Astana launched a new three times a week service from Astana to Paris on 29th March 2015. The service originates In Almaty, with no change of aircraft in Astana, and is operated using a Boeing 757 configured with 16 business and 150 economy class seats. The flight time from Astana to Paris is 7 … Read more

Boeing and Air India celebrated the airline’s milestone delivery of its 20th 787 Dreamliner from Boeing’s final assembly facility in North Charleston. “Taking delivery of our 20th 787 Dreamliner marks an important day for Air India,” said Rohit Nandan, Chairman and Managing Director, Air India. “With this airplane we are building on the success of our other 787s, which … Read more

Boeing and All Nippon Airways (ANA) today finalized an order for three 787-10 Dreamliners, valued at approximately $900 million at list prices. With this order, originally announced as a commitment in January 2015, ANA becomes Boeing’s newest 787-10 customer and first airline in Asia to operate the entire family of 787 Dreamliners.  “We truly appreciate ANA’s confidence in the 787 … Read more

Starting March 29, Air China will increase its Beijing-Milan services to daily, and starting June 1, it will increase its Beijing-Paris services to twice daily. These new flights will further meet the growing market demand and offer more convenient flight options to passengers, making travel to and from Europe much easier. The new flight numbers on the … Read more

Airbus has celebrated the delivery of its 9000th aircraft at a ceremony in Hamburg, Germany on 20th March 2015. The aircraft is the first A321 to be delivered to Vietnamese carrier VietJetAir and will join the carrier’s all-Airbus A320 Family fleet flying on its fast-growing Asia-Pacific network. “The delivery of our 9000th aircraft comes as … Read more

Air China would also continue to codeshare on Air New Zealand’s daily Shanghai – Auckland service which will be operated by Boeing 787-9.

Air China will start Beijing-Melbourne four-times weekly service from June 1, 2015, becoming the only carrier that offers Beijing-Melbourne nonstop service.