Airlines, manufacturers announce new services, deals
Cathay Pacific
Cathay Pacific Airways announced on Wednesday that it will expand its global network with a new route between Hong Kong and Tel Aviv. The route, which will fly four times a week, is slated to launch on March 26, 2017, provided the airline receives the necessary government approvals.
The new route, which will be flown on an Airbus A350900, will be equipped with the airline’s latest cabin products, along with an enhanced inflight entertainment system and Wi- Fi.
China Southern
China Southern will launch a direct route between Shanghai and Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday.
On the same day, it will also increase the frequency of flights on its route between Ho Chi Minh City and Shenzhen from three flights a week to daily. The route will be flown on an Airbus A320.
The airline will also increase the frequency of flights on its route from Hanoi to Guangzhou to three a day, also starting from the same day. Passengers are expected to see four flights a day between Hanoi and Guangzhou begin in January 2017. Airbus Airbus Group said on Wednesday that it will participate in the China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai from Tuesday to November 6, with a display of some of its aircraft models and components.
The Airbus Group’s booth will be located in the Main Hall, Booth H4CA, where the aircraft maker will showcase a cutaway model of the A380, a model of the A350 XWB, and a pair of China- made A350 XWB S19 maintenance doors made of composite materials.
For the first time, the Airbus A350 XWB test aircraft MSN002 will perform demonstration flights and be on static display for the first two days of the show.
Air China
Air China said on Thursday it will adopt the Boeing 787- 9 for its route from Beijing to Auckland from Sunday, and its route from Beijing to Los Angeles will also fly with the same model from November 17.
Also from Sunday, the airline will increase the frequency of flights on its routes from Beijing to Melbourne and Beijing to Sydney to once a day.
The winter season, which starts from Sunday, will see Air China flying 376 routes and 1,210 flights a day, an increase of 10.1 percent from the same period last year.