Air China announced that it will increase the number of direct flights it offers between the mainland and Taiwan, according to a South China Morning Post report. China’s secondlargest airline said it will offer 27 cross-strait flights a week as early as August. The announcement follows last month’s expanded air-service pact, signed by Beijing and Taipei, to increase the number of flights to 270 a week from 108 in an effort to promote crossstrait tourism and business. Air … [Read more...] about CHINA: Air China to increase cross-strait flights
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Defying the logic of the times
Logic would surely dictate that when you are in the middle of an unprecedented industry downturn, it’s not a particularly good idea to start up a new airline and pump more capacity into the very market you are pulling back from. But that is exactly what took place in an expansive new hangar in a historic German city one sunny Friday inJune. Donald Urquhart has the story from Leipzig. In a bold but largely unavoidable move, a new cargo airline has taken flight in what is arguably … [Read more...] about Defying the logic of the times
EUROPE & CIS: Sukhoi sells 24 Superjet 100s to Avialeasing
Russia’s Sukhoi Civil Aircraft and Avialeasing announced recently that they had signed a US$715 million contract for the delivery of 24 Sukhoi Superjet 100 airliners between 2011-2013. Currently, Sukhoi has 122 firm orders for Superjet100 airliners. … [Read more...] about EUROPE & CIS: Sukhoi sells 24 Superjet 100s to Avialeasing
EUROPE & CIS: Coyne adds B747-400F Caspian capacity via Jade
Coyne Airways has signed an agreement with Jade Cargo for further B747-400 capacity each Wednesday from Frankfurt to its hub in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. The second weekly B747-400 freighter service to its Tbilisi hub with effect from 1 July is in addition to its existing flight every Monday from London Stansted and Cologne to Tbilisi. Coyne will offer trucking connections throughout continental Europe as well as the UK, allowing a Tuesday evening close-out in most cases. The Thursday … [Read more...] about EUROPE & CIS: Coyne adds B747-400F Caspian capacity via Jade
EUROPE & CIS: Aeroflot Cargo put under bankruptcy by parent
The Board of Directors of Aeroflot – Russian Airlines has accepted a proposal of the passenger carrier’s management to initiate bankruptcy procedures against Aeroflot-Cargo, according to Russian media reports. The decision was apparently based on the fact that Aeroflot Cargo, cut loose as a separate entity nearly two years ago has nearly five billion Russian rubles (€115 million) in outstanding debts to Aeroflot – Russian Airlines and given the unfavourable … [Read more...] about EUROPE & CIS: Aeroflot Cargo put under bankruptcy by parent
EUROPE & CIS: BA may ditch OpenSkies as transatlantic suffers
British Airways is considering ditching its OpenSkies subsidiary, which operates flights from Paris and Amsterdam to the US, as a direct result of the ongoing severe slump in the global economy and resultant slowdown in air travel. The BA subsidiary was named after the 2008 treaty, signed by the US and EU after years of negotiations, and was launched last summer. … [Read more...] about EUROPE & CIS: BA may ditch OpenSkies as transatlantic suffers
