Airline News - Asia / Pacific.

For more airline news, data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm Jun 5, 2006 EVA Air EVA Air opened its new Southern China Cargo Center earlier this month in Hong Kong, where it operates 10 freighter flights per week. Jun 1, 2006 Jet Airways, Air Sahara Jet Airways takeover of fellow Indian carrier Air Sahara should get the nod from the Monopolies and Restricted Trade Practices Commission very shortly after the Commission's investigating arm could not find anything wrong with the basic agreement. For legal reasons Sahara will initially trade as a separate division of the Jet Airways Group but for all intents and purposes the airline will be quickly incorporated in Jet which will now has something in the order of 45% of the Indian market in terms of passengers. http://www.jetairways.com Jun 4, 2006 Malaysia Airlines Malaysia Airlines last week stopped accepting domestic bookings on all flights on and after Aug. 1 except for the 19 trunk routes it will operate pursuant to its agreement with the Malaysian government and AirAsia. Ninety-nine domestic routes will be removed from its network and its international network will decrease from 114 routes to 90. After Aug. 1, it will bring four waves of daily arrivals into Kuala Lumpur International, doubled from the current two. Jun 2, 2006 Qantas, Jetstar Qantas, Jetstar get regulatory approval for Asian operations. Competition regulators gave preliminary clearance to Qantas to establish an interlinked low-cost airline network in Asia through its Jetstar brand despite opposition from rival LCC Tiger Airways. Jun 1, 2006