Aviation News
AirAsia to increase Frequency on Kuching - Macau Flights
With a vision to develop its Kuching hub in East Malaysia, AirAsia is enhancing its Kuching - Macau route frequency to daily flights, starting from 15 May 2008. The route will be serviced by the airline’s new 180-seater Airbus A320 aircraft.
AirAsia is the only airline to serve the international route to Macau from the hub […]
American Airlines to launch Flights between Miami and Caribbean Island of Grenada
American Airlines is to open another new route from South Florida to the Caribbean this fall when the airline begins nonstop service from Miami to the southern Caribbean island of Grenada.
American will begin flying between Miami and Grenada on 20 November 2008, using Boeing 737-800 aircraft configured with 16 seats in First Class and 132 […]
Cebu Pacific to mount daily Macau flights
Cebu Pacific (CEB) will expand its Manila-Macau-Manila operations from three times weekly to daily to meet rising demand.
Initially, the Manila-Macau service will have an additional Sunday flight beginning January 13, 2008 and will become a daily service on June 6, 2008.
Candice Iyog, CEB VP for marketing and product, said, “Our passenger loads to Macau continue […]
Air China and Shanghai Airlines join Star Alliance
Air China and Shanghai Airlines, have formally joined the Star Alliance airline network. With the addition of the two Chinese airlines, Star Alliance now has 19 member carriers operating 17,000 daily flights to 897 destinations in 160 countries.
On domestic routes alone, Air China and Shanghai Airlines have added more than 40 new destinations to the […]
Korean Air to establish New Cargo Terminal at Tianjin Binhai International Airport
Korean Air, the world’s largest commercial cargo carrier in terms of FTK (freight ton-kilometers) volume, is strengthening its position in the China market with the establishment of a new cargo terminal at the Tianjin Binhai International Airport through a joint venture with Sinotrans Air Transportation Development of China.
“Establishing a joint venture between the largest […]
New Korean Low Cost Airline - Air Korea - to launch May 2008
Korean Air disclosed details on its low cost carrier (LCC) operation plans through a corporate filing to Korea’s Financial Supervisory Office on Monday.
The new LCC, tentatively named ‘Air Korea’ will begin operation in May 2008. At a board meeting held on Friday, November 23, 2007, Korean Air approved plans to invest 20 billion Korean won […]
AirAsia adopts Global Training Standards for Engineers
Low cost airline, AirAsia has selected the renowned Aviation Australia to deliver its aircraft maintenance engineer training for its engineers. AirAsia started a revision program on site at the AirAsia Academy, KLIA Kuala Lumpur this month with an option for further courses in 2008. The training which is being conducted by Aviation Australia to AirAsia’s […]
