Jet Airways and Malaysia Airlines have signed a code share for flights between Kuala Lumpur and 5 major Indian cities, Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru(Bangalore) and Hyderabad. Malaysia Airlines managing director/ CEO, Idris Jala said: “I am delighted to partner with Jet Airways as Malaysia Airlines work towards expanding and strengthening our hub-and-spoke network. This will allow us to capture untapped traffic from secondary points in India through the 5 Indian gateways onto … [Read more...] about INDIA: Code-share for Jet and MAS
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INDIA: Air India to go-ahead with B777 deliveries
Air India plans to go ahead with its planned delivery of the final three of eight B777-200LRs between June and August this year, despite the global crisis and resulting aviation downturn. Air India plans to deploy the aircraft on a new non-stop service to San Francisco in thesecond half of 2009. The National Aviation Co. of India Ltd., the state-owned parent of carrier Air India, plans to borrow US$1.06 billion to fund the purchase of these and additional aircraft from Boeing. India’s … [Read more...] about INDIA: Air India to go-ahead with B777 deliveries
MALAYSIA: AirAsia X looking for 5 more A340s
AirAsia X, the long-haul subsidiary of Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia, is looking for up to five more Airbus A340- 300s to support growth while awaiting the 25 A350s or Boeing 787s that it is planning to order. The airline needs the aircraft to extend its network to destinations including Germany, France and New Zealand. Currently the carrier has three A330s and a single A340, linking Kuala Lumpur with three Australian destinations and one in China. London will be added to the network … [Read more...] about MALAYSIA: AirAsia X looking for 5 more A340s
VIETNAM: Vietnam Air appoints UK GSA
Vietnam Airlines has appointed Globe Air Cargo, part of the European Cargo Services (ECS) group, as its exclusiveGSA partner in the UK. The new contract is part of the airline’s preparation for the launch of flights to London, which it hopes to commence in 2009. In the meantime, Globe Air Cargo in the UK will truck cargo to Paris to connect with Vietnam Airlines’ daily Boeing 777 services. From Charles de Gaulle International Airport, the airline operates four flights a week to … [Read more...] about VIETNAM: Vietnam Air appoints UK GSA
NEW ZEALAND: Air NZ pulls transpacific freighter
Air New Zealand is planning to return a B747-400F aircraft leased from Atlas Air, marking the end of the carrier’s round-the-world freighter operation from its home base via Europe to the USand back to New Zealand.The gap left by the Kiwi carrier’s withdrawal is to be quickly filled by a twice weekly B747-400F freighter service between the US and New Zealand operated by Qantas Freight. … [Read more...] about NEW ZEALAND: Air NZ pulls transpacific freighter
CAMBODIA: Cambodian air freight plummets in Jan
Cambodia’s air freight volumes dropped sharply in January, with industry sources reporting 40 to 50 per cent declines on 2008, according to a reportin the Phnom Penh Post. Bangkok Airways said air cargo volumes decreased about 34 per cent at the revenue down 40 per cent – a decline of US$148,000, said Ekkaphon Nanta- O-Sot, deputy communication manager, in the report. “The economic slowdown is having a strong effect on the cargo business,” he said. Bangkok … [Read more...] about CAMBODIA: Cambodian air freight plummets in Jan
