Airline News - Asia / Pacific.For more airline news, data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm South Korea and Thailand agreed this week to liberalize lib·er·al·ize v. lib·er·al·ized, lib·er·al·iz·ing, lib·er·al·iz·es v.tr. To make liberal or more liberal: "Our standards of private conduct have been greatly liberalized . . . passenger services between the two countries. Cargo operations already are liberalized under a 2004 accord. The new agreement comes as the limit of 42 weekly flights previously allowed by each nation's airlines is under strain, with load factors reported at 88%. May 26, 2006 Air China Star Alliance has formally invited Air China to join its club. The pair have signed a memorandum of understanding A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is a legal document describing a bilateral or multilateral agreement between parties. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties, indicating an intended common line of action and may not imply a legal commitment. for cooperation, and the airline will now be the subject of checks and procedures to ensure its place in the alliance. The global network has also extended an invitation to Shanghai Airlines Shanghai Airlines (上海航空) is an airline based in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. It operates domestic and international services. Its main bases are Shanghai Pudong International Airport and Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport [1]. to join. This dual-hub approach will allow the alliance to offer a unique network from Beijing and Shanghai. Once Air China and Shanghai Airlines become full members of the alliance, the Star Alliance network will grow to 20 members, offering more than 16,500 daily fights to 912 destinations in 160 countries. May 26, 2006 Air New Zealand Parameter not given Error... ''Template needs its first parameter as beg[in], mid[dle], or end. Parameter not given Error... Air New Zealand is training 140 extra cabin crew in preparation for its additional daily London service, via Hong Kong, to Auckland, which will be introduced in October. The flight, which doubles capacity from the UK to New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , will be the first from a Star Alliance carrier to Hong Kong from London. A three-class Boeing 747-400 will operate the service, offering 46-bed seats in Business Premier. The new flight also effectively gives the airline a round-the-world operation, as it also flies Down Under via the US. May 26, 2006 Air New Zealand Air New Zealand contracted UK-based CTC CTC - Cornell Theory Center Aviation to train 140 new cabin crew to be based at London Heathrow and support daily 747-400 Auckland-Hong Kong-LHR flights scheduled to launch Oct. 28. May 22, 2006 Boeing, Shanghai Airlines Shanghai Airlines took delivery last week of a 737-800 leased from ILFC ILFC International Lease Finance Corporation ILFC International Lunar Finance Commission (TV show: Space: 1999) . May 22, 2006 China Airlines China Airlines will launch services from Taipei to Osaka (five-times-weekly aboard A330-300s) and Sapporo (six-times-weekly aboard 737-800s) on July 1 and a twice-weekly Kaohsiung-Nagoya flight on July 2 aboard a dash 800. May 22, 2006 China Southern UATP UATP Universal Air Travel Plan (corporate chargecard system for purchase of air and rail transportation) UATP User Acceptance Test Plan (Sprint) added China Southern as its newest UATP Merchant. It will accept all UATP corporate cards. May 23, 2006 China Southern Airlines China Southern Airlines (中国南方航空公司) (SEHK: 1055, NYSE: ZNH) is an airline based in Guangzhou in the Guangdong province of the People's Republic of China. China Southern Airlines launched twice-weekly 737 service between Haikou and Singapore and weekly Urumqi-Baku flights aboard a 757. May 23, 2006 East Star Airlines East Star Airlines, a Chinese startup based in Wuhan, operated its first revenue flight Monday from Wuhan to Shenzhen aboard a leased A319. East Star is slated to take delivery of 10 leased A320 family aircraft and also has firm orders for 10 purchased A320s to be delivered in 2009-10. Its initial network will comprise Wuhan, Shenzhen, Haikou and Guangzhou. May 25, 2006 Japan Airlines Japan Airlines said it will resume daily service from Tokyo Narita to both Bali and Jakarta on July 1 and from Osaka Kansai to Denpasar on July 13. It cut back on Japan-Indonesia services in October 2005 due to reduced demand that it attributed to the Oct. 1 terrorist bombing in Bali. May 25, 2006 Kingfisher Kingfisher, India's expansive new airline, is adding a first class section to its A320s - another sign of the extraordinary economic ferment ferment /fer·ment/ (fer-ment´) to undergo fermentation; used for the decomposition of carbohydrates. fer·ment n. 1. in the sub-continent. May 26, 2006 Korean Air Korean Air launched thrice-weekly Incheon-Istanbul service Sunday aboard an A330. May 23, 2006 SriLankan Airlines SriLankan Airlines will start service to the Indian resort town of Goa with twice-weekly flights from Colombo beginning in October May 25, 2006 |
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