Air Austral decides to keep flying to Bangkok, Noumea and Sydney
Air Austral (Reunion Island) was planning to drop all service to Bangkok, Sydney and Noumea on March 25, 2012. However the airline has reversed itself and now opened up booking for flights pass this date.
Copyright Photo: John Adlard.
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Air Austral delays the launch of Mahe-Paris flights
Air Austral Boeing 777-2Q8 ER F-OMAY (msn 29402) SYD (John Adlard), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Air Austral (St. Denis, Reunion Island) has delayed the launch of nonstop Mahe (Seychelles)-Paris (CDG) service according to Airline Route. The new route was due to start on March 27 but apparently has been postponed.
Copyright Photo: John Adlard. Please click on the photo for additional information.
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Air Austral to drop Bangkok, Sydney and Noumea
Air Austral Boeing 777-2Q8 ER F-OMAY (msn 29402) SYD (John Adlard), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Air Austral (Reunion Island) is planning to drop all service to Bangkok, Sydney and Noumea on March 25, 2012 according to Airline Route.
Copyright Photo: John Adlard.
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Air Austral to fill the void with new Seychelles-Paris flights
Air Austral Boeing 777-3Q8 ER F-ONOU (msn 35783) CDG (Christian Volpati), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Air Austral (St. Denis, Reunion Island) is filling the void created with the recent announcement of Air Seychelles that it was dropping all long-distance flights to Paris and London. Air Austral will add a new twice-weekly St. Denis-Seychelles-Paris (CDG) route per Airline Route on March 27, 2012.
The new route will be operated with Boeing 777-300 ERs.
Copyright Photo: Christian Volpati.
Air Austral Slide Show: CLICK HERE
Air Austral accepts its first new Boeing 737-800
Air Austral Boeing 737-89M WL F-ONGB (msn 40911) PAE (Nick Dean) (adding 2 737-800s), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Air Austral (St. Denis, Reunion) on December 18 took delivery of its first Boeing 737-800. The airplane is the first of two the airline ordered to replace one 737-300 and one 737-500 in its fleet. The new airplane continues the Boeing-Air Austral relationship that began 20 years ago with the 737 Classic. The delivery ceremony was attended by Gerard Etheve, president of the directory and chief executive officer of Air Austral.
Copyright Photo: Nick Dean. Please click on the photo for additional details.
Air Austral orders two Boeing 777-200 LR Worldliners
Air Austral Boeing 777-2Q8 ER F-OMAY (msn 29402) SYD (John Adlard), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Air Austral (Reunion) has announced an order for two Boeing 777-200 LR (Longer Range) Worldliners. The two airplanes were previously listed on Boeing’s Orders and Deliveries website as unidentified.
The 777-200LR is the only wide-body airplane that can fly nonstop from Reunion Island to Paris with a full payload from the short runway on the island of Mayotte. The carrier currently operates 777-200 ERs (Extended Range) on the route.
Air Austral has a current Boeing fleet of two 777-300 ERs, three 777-200 ERs and two 737s. In addition, Air Austral will receive two new 737-800s at the end of 2010, a third leased 777-300 ER early next year as well as these two new 777-200 LR in mid-2011 and 2012.
Copyright Photo: John Adlard. Boeing 777-2Q8 ER F-OMAY (msn 29402) at Sydney showcases the updated 2009 look.
Air Austral to acquire two Boeing 737-800s
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Air Austral (Reunion) will acquire two Boeing 737-800s to replace its older Boeing 737 Classics (one 737-300 and one 737-500).
Air Austral signs firm order for two 840-seat Airbus A380s
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Air Austral (Reunion) has signed a firm order for two Airbus A380-800s in an 840-seat configuration.
Press release:
www.airbus.com/en/presscentre/pressreleases/pressreleases_items/
Air Austral is expected to firm up order for two Airbus A380s
Air Austral (Reunion) is expected to firm up an order for a pair of Airbus A380s at the Dubai Air Show which has started today. The airline intends to operate the A380s in a high density (over 800 seats) configuration.
News link:
www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idCNLF21202320091115?rpc=44
Air Austral paints 777-2Q8 F-OMAY in new colors
Air Austral (St. Denis, Reunion) has painted its Boeing 777-2Q8 ER F-OMAY (msn 29402) in the new 2009 livery
F-OMAY is pictured at an overcast Toulouse. Copyright Photo: Eurospot.
matching the two new 777-300 ERs.
Flyglobespan adds Air Austral stickers to G-CDPT
G-CDPT is seen at Toulouse with the additional sticker. Copyright Photo: Yannick Delamarre.
Flyglobespan (flyglobespan.com) (Globespan Airways) (Edinburgh) in March added Air Austral stickers to its Boeing 767-319 ER G-CDPT (msn 29388) for a lease. This airliner previously carried Air India titles.
