Airline News - Asia / Pacific.For more airline news, data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm Aug 28, 2006 China To Open More Flight Paths To Reduce Delays. China will open more flight paths to ease delays and cut back on congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. in the run up to the 2008 Olympics when many more people are expected to visit the country, a state newspaper said on Tuesday. Aug 22, 2006 Air China Air China, 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]. Airways, China National Aviation Co. and CITIC Pacific CITIC Pacific (Traditional Chinese: 中信泰富, HKSE: 0267 ) is a Hong Kong-based conglomerate company. The company's current chairman is Larry Yung Chi Kin. shareholders approved the proposed realignment re·a·lign tr.v. re·a·ligned, re·a·lign·ing, re·a·ligns 1. To put back into proper order or alignment. 2. To make new groupings of or working arrangements between. that would establish cross-shareholdings between Air China and Cathay and make Dragonair a CX subsidiary. The long-anticipated deal, announced in June must receive regulatory approval. Air China Chairman Li Jiaxiang said the realignment will "create a potent new force in the airline industry." Aug 23, 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 has reorganized its heavy engine maintenance divisions. in the past year, with a loss of 200 jobs and is in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of cutting more than 400 further jobs in its corporate structure. The company has increased fares to combat rising fuel costs, proposed a code-sharing agreement with Australian carrier on trans-Tasman routes and is revamping long-haul routes. Aug 25, 2006 Air Sahara Air Sahara applied for approval from the Indian government to launch daily Delhi-Guangzhou flights from Nov. 7. The airline said it also plans to begin services to Maldives and Bangladesh this winter. Aug 24, 2006 ANA Connection ANA Connection will launch daily 737-700 Tokyo Narita-Okinawa service from Nov. 1. Aug 24, 2006 Cathay Pacific Airways Cathay Pacific starting putting its stamp on Dragonair yesterday, appointing Kenny Tang as 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. designate of the Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. carrier a day after shareholders of the involved companies approved Cathay's takeover. Tang replaces Stanley Hui, who resigned earlier in the day. Tang joined CX in 1979 and became GM-corporate finance in 1994, COO of Air Hong Kong
Air Hong Kong Limited (香港華民航空), abbreviated AHK, is the only all-cargo airline based in Hong Kong. It operates regional overnight express and freight services. three years later and GM-cargo for CX in 2000. He was seconded to Swire Pacific two years ago as MD of Taiwan's Taikoo Motors. He said he will "certainly focus on maximizing the synergies and opportunities that arise with Dragonair linking its Mainland services with Cathay Pacific's international network." Hui departs Dragonair Aug. 29 after more than nine years. His aggressive building of the airline's network occasionally came at the expense of Cathay and he fought in Hong Kong courts to keep CX off routes into China, a stand that was not expected to sit well with the Cathay board. Aug 24, 2006 Cathay Pacific Airways Cathay Pacific Airways reached a 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. with Comair (South Africa) yesterday under which it will place its code on Comair flights from Johannesburg to Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth from Sept. 1. CX operates daily Hong Kong-Johannesburg flights. Aug 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 said yesterday that passengers now can check in for flights and print boarding passes electronically from its website. Aug 24, 2006 Japan Air Lines, Singapore Airlines JAL JAL Jalisco (Mexican state) JAL Jalapa (Guatemala territorial division) JAL Jump And Link JAL Japan Airlines Company, Ltd. also extended e-ticketing to passengers who connect to Singapore Airlines flights. Previously, JAL passengers needed separate paper tickets for the SIA Sia (sī`ə) or Siaha (sī`əhə), in the Bible, family returned from the Exile. SIA - Serial Interface Adaptor segment. Aug 23, 2006 Japan Airlines Japan Airlines is revising some routes and frequencies from Oct. 29. Subject to regulatory approval, Nagoya-Guangzhou flights will increase from thrice-weekly to daily, Tokyo Narita-Bangkok from 14- to 21-times-weekly and Narita-New Delhi from three to four weekly. It will reduce from 14 to 7 its weekly Narita-Chicago O'Hare flights and suspend its four-times-weekly Nagoya-Manila service. "Through route restructuring JAL aims to build a more profit-focused network," it said. Aug 21, 2006 Jetstar Airways Jetstar Airways won approval from the US Dept. of Transportation to begin marketing proposed A330-200 flights from Sydney (thrice-weekly) and Melbourne (twice-weekly) to Honolulu scheduled to commence Nov. 23. While final approval has not been granted, Jetstar CEO Alan Joyce said DOT has "indicated to Qantas that Jetstar is qualified to perform these international operations." Qantas will continue to operate thrice-weekly Sydney-Honolulu service after Jetstar launches. Jetstar Airways said last week it initially will hire 200 flight attendants. Aug 23, 2006 Qantas, Air China Qantas and Air China reached a codeshare agreement effective Sept. 15 that will see Air China place its code on Qantas's thrice-weekly Sydney-Beijing flights. Aug 25, 2006 Qantas, Jet Airways Qantas and Jet Airways concluded a codeshare arrangement that will expand Qantas's network within India from Sept. 6. It will codeshare on Jet flights from Singapore to Delhi and Mumbai, offering connections to all Australian capitals. The codeshare will complement Qantas's thrice-weekly A330 Singapore-Mumbai service. Aug 23, 2006 QantasLink QantasLink will launch 32 weekly Brisbane-Hervey Bay flights and 20 weekly Brisbane-Biloela flights aboard Dash 8s from Oct. 29 pending regulatory approval. It also will add 364 seats weekly on its Dubbo-Sydney service from Sept. 11, a 16% increase. Aug 24, 2006 |
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