Airline News - Asia / Pacific.Dec 11, 2006 Four Asian Nations Agree 'Open Skies' Deal - Report. Four southeast Asian nations have agreed to permit unlimited flights between them as the region heads towards an "open skies  This article is written like a personal reflection or and may require .Please [ improve this article] by rewriting this article in an . " policy by 2008. Dec 6, 2006 Cathay Pacific Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (HKSE: 0293 ) is an airline based in Hong Kong, operating scheduled passenger and cargo services to over 104 destinations worldwide. It is the flag carrier of Hong Kong with its main base at the Hong Kong International Airport. [1]. Cathay Pacific Airways and Dragonair entered into a comprehensive codeshare agreement Code sharing is a business term which was first originated in the airline industry in 1990 when the Australian airline, Qantas Airways and the US's American Airlines combined services between an array of US domestic cities and Australian cities. resulting from the recent integration of the two carriers. It applies to seven cities and took effect from Dec. 1 on all flights from Hong Kong to Shanghai, Beijing, Xiamen, Tokyo and Kota Kinabalu. It also will apply to two new Dragonair destinations: Phuket from Dec. 15 and Busan from Jan. 19. Dragonair became a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Cathay Pacific on Sept. 28. Dec 7, 2006 China Airlines China Airlines will launch a twice-weekly Taipei-Stockholm cargo service on Dec. 6 aboard a 747-400F. Outbound flight will stop in Abu Dhabi and Luxembourg, return flight will stop in Abu Dhabi and Bangkok. Dec 5, 2006 Qantas Bid for Qantas a tangled web of political, financial interests. Australian Deputy Prime Minister A Deputy Prime Minister or Vice Prime Minister is, in some countries, a government minister who can take the position of acting Prime Minister when the real Prime Minister is temporarily absent. and Treasurer Peter Costello has dampened the bid for Qantas, making it clear over the weekend that the government will decide whether last week's offer from a consortium led by Texas Pacific and Macquarie Bank, which some estimate to be worth $8 billion, is in the national interest. Dec 8, 2006 Qantas Qantas is focusing its Japanese service on Tokyo Narita following Jetstar's approval to operate long-haul flights from Australia. "We intend to grow both Qantas and Jetstar in international markets but we must match the appropriate cost structure and style of service to individual markets," Qantas CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Geoff Dixon said. "While Qantas continues to be a major leisure travel provider, under its current costs it requires a significant business base to sustain profitable operations on some key international routes." Jetstar will replace Qantas on some Japanese routes, Dixon said, though the specific routes have not been determined yet. By summer 2007, Qantas is scheduled to operate flights from NRT NRT Nicotine Replacement Therapy NRT Norm-Referenced Test NRT near real time NRT Non-Real-Time NRT National Response Team NRT Tokyo, Japan - Narita (Airport Code) NRT Net Registered Tonnage to Sydney (11-times-weekly aboard A330s), Melbourne (thrice-weekly aboard A330s), Perth (thrice-weekly aboard 767-300s) and Cairns Cairns, city (1991 pop. 64,463), Queensland, NE Australia, on Trinity Bay. It is a principal sugar port of Australia; lumber and other agricultural products are also exported. The city's proximity to the Great Barrier Reef has made it a tourist center. (14-times-weekly). It began operating a seasonal Cairns-Sapporo service twice-weekly this month and will continue flying the route through March. Dec 8, 2006 Z Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/onlinenews.htm To Subscribe to our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com Nov 13, 2006 |
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