Airline News - Asia / Pacific.Dec 31, 2006 Mesa Air Group, Shenzhen Airlines Mesa Air Group signed an agreement with Shenzhen Airlines to create a Chinese regional carrier, yet to be named, that is expected to begin service within the next year operating 50-seat regional jets. Mesa said last spring it was looking to expand to the Chinese mainland. The deal is the first of its kind for any US regional. Shenzhen will have a 51% stake in the new carrier with an investment of $32.6 million. Mesa will invest $31.3 million for the remaining stake, according to Merrill Lynch. Dec 26, 2006 Malaysia Airlines Malaysia Airlines decided to maintain its Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (kwä`lə l  m`pr), city (1990 est. pop. 1,750,000), capital of Malaysia, S Malay Peninsula, at the confluence of the Klang and Gombak rivers, within the Federal Territory.-Stockholm Arlanda-Newark service, which it originally had chosen to suspend from Jan. 15. "Our earlier decision was guided by the initial findings from our route profitability exercise. However, in response to a call from the Malaysian government to reconsider our decision, we reviewed this route," MD and CEO Idris Jala said. MAS will continue operating the service thrice-weekly aboard a 777-200. Dec 21, 2006 Malaysia Airlines Malaysia Airlines suspended its Kuala Lumpur-Cairo A code name from Microsoft for a future operating system. The term was later used only to refer to specific features, some of which are included in Windows 2000. service. It will maintain a marketing presence in Cairo and serve it via codeshare. It also will cancel its KLIA KLIA - Kuala Lumpur International Airport-Stockholm Arlanda-Newark service on Jan. 15. It will codeshare with KLM from Amsterdam to ARN ARN - Access Research Network ARN - Acide Ribonucléique (French: RNA) ARN - Acute Retinal Necrosis (fast death of the retina) ARN - Additional Reference Number ARN - Adjunct Routing Number (AT&T) ARN - Advanced Remote Node ARN - Aeronautical Radio Navigation ARN - Air Request Network ARN - Alabama Radio Network ARN - Alteration Request Number ARN - Alternate Reference Number ARN - Animal Rights Network ARN - Association of Rehabilitation Nurses and said it is "in active discussions" with other carriers to develop links to the US via AMS. It also increased its 777-200 service to Paris Charles de Gaulle to daily from five-times-weekly and added a sixth weekly 747-400 flight to Los Angeles via Taipei, two weekly 737-400 flights to Hanoi (now nine) and two to Cebu Cebu (1990 pop. 610,417), the second (after Manila) most important harbor and city in the Philippines. With its excellent port, which handles both interisland and overseas shipping, it is the trade and manufacturing center of the Visayan Islands. The city has diverse light industry as well as some manufacturing. (now four). Dec 18, 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 Dec 11, 2006 |
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