Air China Upgrades Australia Service with New A330-200.BEIJING -- Air China continues to upgrade its service and has added new A330-200 aircraft to its Australia routes from December 1, 2006. The new aircraft will support Air China's daily service, which connects Beijing and Shanghai to both Sydney and Melbourne. The newly delivered A330s feature on-demand audio and video throughout the aircraft, while the premium cabins offer lie-flat seats. Air China is the first of the Chinese carriers to offer audio and video on-demand on the important Australia routes, providing a world-class standard of onboard entertainment and comfort. "We are excited to move our new A330s onto the Sydney/Melbourne route," said Mrs. Lan Zhang, Vice President. "Air China has a strong commitment to providing the aircraft, service, and amenities to make it a competitive carrier of choice. Our dedicating new A330s to the Australia route shows customers that commitment." Air China currently has six A330-200s in its fleet of 207 jet aircraft. The A330s join A319s, A320s, and A340s. Air China's Airbus fleet complements its 137 Boeing aircraft in service. Air China's Australia schedule features flights CA175/6 and CA177/8. Flight CA175 departs Beijing at 18:05 and then Shanghai at 21:25 every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, arriving Sydney at 10:55 local time the next day. Flight CA177 departs Beijing at 14:10 and Shanghai at 17:40 every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, arriving first in Melbourne and then Sydney at 10:55 the next day. As the only flag carrier of China, Air China (HKEX: 0753; LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor : AIRC AIRC Australian Industrial Relations Commission AIRC Associazione Italiana Per La Ricerca Sul Cancro (Italian Cancer Research Association) AIRC American Information Resource Center ; SSE (1) An earlier full-screen editor in OS/2. (2) (Streaming SIMD Extensions) A series of additional instructions built into Pentium CPU chips for improved multimedia performance by performing mathematical operations on multiple sets of data at the : 601111) serves 74 domestic and 38 international cities with an extensive network from its Beijing hub, conveniently linking passengers between China and destinations around the world. Air China continues to attract increasing international recognition as a world-class carrier and a growing reputation for high quality service, known for its traditional Chinese warmth and welcome. In North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Air China serves New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , and Vancouver with non-stop service to Beijing. For more information visit http://www.airchina.com.cn/ or http://us.fly-airchina.com. In the U.S. contact Webster O'Brien, communications representative, phone 617 230 8399, email webster.obrien@cn.millwardbrown.com. |
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