AIRLINE NEWS

AIR FRANCE will be offering a new service to Tokyo-Haneda airport from March 30. This will boost the carrier’s number of Tokyo-bound flights to three daily.

DRAGONAIR will start to operate 10 weekly flights between Hong Kong and Penang from March 30.

EMIRATES is adding a second daily A380 onto its Dubai-Munich route from March. The Gulf carrier will operate the superjumbo in a threeclass configuration with 14 suites in first class, 76 in business and 399 in economy.

EVA AIR has recently launched new flight operations between Taiwan Kaohsiung International Airport and Tokyo Narita International Airport.

ETIHAD AIRWAYS has announced plans to double the number of flights to several Indian destinations this year.

HAINAN AIRLINES will start a direct BeijingBoston service, four times a week, on June 20. The airline currently has three operations to North America, flying from Chicago, Seattle and Toronto.

JAPAN AIRLINES has introduced new winter menus in all classes on selected international flights.

MALAYSIA AIRLINES will be offering yearround direct daily services between its home base in Kuala Lumpur and Auckland, effective March 30. MALINDO AIR, a Malaysia-based low-cost carrier, launched flights from Kuala Lumpur to Delhi last December. Flights to Trichy and Ahmedabad are set to follow early this year, as is a service to Mumbai from the Malaysian capital city.

QATAR AIRWAYS will begin operating five weekly flights to the Scottish capital of Edinburgh, effective May 28.

SICHUAN IRLINES launched direct services from Chongqing to Sydney twice a week on December 20.

SINGAPORE AIRLINES will add a third daily service to its Singapore-Tokyo Haneda route from March.

TIGERAIR has added the Maldives to its growing network of destinations, following the airlines’ recent announcement of four new services from Singapore to Lijiang, Chiang Mai, Langkawi and Lombok.

THAI AIRWAYS has launched a new direct service from Bangkok to Sendai, Japan.