American Airlines on August 5 will add two additional Boeing 737-8 MAX 8n routes from the Miami hub. According to Airline Route, AA will insert the new type on daily service from MIA to both Antigua and Denver.
Copyright Photo: American Airlines Boeing 737-8 MAX 8 N308RD (msn 44446) MIA (Bruce Drum). Image: 104586.
American Airlines aircraft slide show (Boeing):
AerLine Holdings has entered into negotiations to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary XTRA Airways.
XTRA Airways has operated Boeing 737 aircraft in its charter fleet flying sports teams, rock bands, relief flights from Caribbean Islands including Puerto Rico, scheduled service between Saipan in the U.S. Mariana Islands and China, sub-service for tour operators within Europe, deportees for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and most recently supplying two highly customized executive 737 aircraft for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign.
XTRA Airways has an impeccable safety record, is one of the few charter carriers having scheduled service (U.S.-flag) authority, is certified to fly within Europe, and is authorized by the U.S. and China to conduct scheduled service between the two countries.
Following the decision to divest of its interest in XTRA Airways, seven of its eight 737 aircraft have been sold, and its fleet will be reduced to just one 737 aircraft before the end of May 2018.
AerLine Holdings will select a buyer that can offer the best value to the company, its employees and shareholders, and is anticipated to make an award before the end of April 2018.
XTRA Airways is a 31-year-old commercial charter U.S. airline that specializes in group air travel throughout the Americas. The company operates a modern fleet of Boeing 737-400 and 737-800 aircraft, and is certified under the FAA Part 121 Flag regulations designated for all major U.S. airlines. Customers include corporate incentive groups, sports teams, entertainers, civic leaders, students, and other groups. XTRA Airways is headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida.
Copyright Photo: XTRAirways (Xtra Airways) Boeing 737-484 N430XA (msn 25430) MIA (Jay Selman). Image: 403409.
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Air France inaugurated its new service connecting Paris-Charles de Gaulle to Nairobi (Kenya). The company will serve the Kenyan capital with 3 weekly flights operated by Boeing 787, equipped with the latest long-haul travel cabins.
Flight times operated (in local time) –
AF814: leaves Paris-Charles de Gaulle at 20:50, arrives in Nairobi at 6:00, the next day.
Flights operated on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays.
AF815: leaves Nairobi at 08:20, arrives at Paris-Charles de Gaulle at 15:50.
Flights operated on Mondays, Thursdays and Sundays.
This new flight offer is in addition to the daily services operated on a code-share basis between Air France and Kenya Airways on the Paris-Nairobi route.
Copyright Photo: Air France Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner F-HRBD (msn 42487) PAE (Nick Dean). Image: 939730.
Air France aircraft slide show:
Vietnam’s FLC Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Airbus for up to 24 A321neo aircraft for future operation by start-up carrier Bamboo Airways.
The agreements were signed in Paris by Trinh Van Quyet, Chairman of FLC Group and Eric Schulz, Chief Commercial Officer, Airbus during the official visit to France of Nguyễn Phú Trọng, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
Bamboo Airways is set to begin operations in 2019 with aircraft on lease from third party lessors before taking delivery of the aircraft covered by today’s MOU with Airbus. The carrier will focus on linking international markets to Vietnamese leisure destinations, as well as on selected domestic routes.
FLC Group is one of the largest conglomerates in Vietnam and is involved in a wide range of businesses including real estate development, hotel construction and management, financial services, and mining. Bamboo will in particular serve destinations where FLC Group has heavily invested in tourism infrastructure.
Images: Airbus.
Joon on March 25 launched its first long-haul route to Cairo. The new route is being operated with newly added Airbus A340-300 (F-GLZP) from parent Air France.
Twitter post by Giles Laurent:
Route Map:
Joon Air aircraft slide show:
airBaltic on March 27, entered the summer season by launching two new routes from Riga International Airport to Lisbon and Gdansk. This afternoon airBaltic will also launch a new route connecting Tallinn and London.
Starting on March 27, 2018, airBaltic flies between Riga and Lisbon twice a week on a Bombardier CS300 aircraft, and the flight is scheduled to last 4 hours and 35 minutes. From Riga to Gdansk, airBaltic flies three times a week on a Bombardier Q400Next Gen aircraft, and the flight is scheduled to last one hour and 20 minutes. From Tallinn to London, airBaltic will fly twice a week, and the flight is scheduled to last 3 hours. One-way ticket price from Riga to Lisbon starts at 89 EUR, from Riga to Gdansk at 25 EUR and from Tallinn to London at 29 EUR, including airport fees and transaction costs.
For summer 2018 airBaltic will add nine new destinations to its route map. In total airBaltic this summer will offer more than 70 direct services from Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius. In addition, airBaltic will also improve service for the summer season by adding additional frequencies from Riga to such destinations as Odessa, Paris, Munich, Warsaw, Moscow, Milan among others.
In other news, airBaltic on March 28, launched a new nonstop route linking Riga with the sunny city of Malaga in Spain.
airBaltic serves over 60 destinations from its home base in Riga, Latvia. From every one of these locations, airBaltic offers convenient connections via Riga to its network spanning Europe, Scandinavia, the CIS and the Middle East. airBaltic also offers direct flights from Tallinn and Vilnius.
Top Copyright Photo: airBaltic Bombardier CS300 YL-CSB (msn 55004) LGW (Antony J. Best). Image: 937372.
airBaltic aircraft slide show:
EVA Air is adding its popular Hello Kitty Hand-in-Hand Jet into its Los Angeles schedule on a regular basis on Tuesday (March 27, 2018). It is using the specially painted plane on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays for three of the 21 nonstop flights it operates between Los Angeles and Taipei, Taiwan every week.
(PRNewsfoto/EVA Air)
From nose to tail of the colorful Boeing 777-300ER, Hello Kitty and Sanrio friends of different colors, shapes and sizes join hands and invite fun and friendship. Among the 19 Sanrio Family characters linking hands with Hello Kitty and Dear Daniel are My Melody, Kuromi, Little Twin Stars, Cinnamoroll, Pompom Purin and Bad Badtz-Maru.
EVA BR005 departs Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) at 11:55 am and gets into Taoyuan International Airport (TPE) at 5:05 pm the next day. Return flight BR006 leaves TPE at 10:10 am and arrives in LAX at 6:50 am. The specially painted Boeing 777-300ER is configured in three cabins, Royal Laurel Class business, Premium Economy and Economy. Flight time from LAX to TPE is 14 hrs. and 10 mins. From TPE to LAX, it’s 11 hrs. and 40 mins.
The fun of flying on EVA’s Hello Kitty and Sanrio Family Jets begins at airport check-in with special boarding passes and baggage stickers. Onboard, cabin crews wear Hello Kitty Jet aprons and passengers use themed service items, including headrest covers, pillows, tissue, hand cream, soap, napkins, paper cups, utensils and snacks.
EVA flies seven of the specially painted planes on routes within Asia, in addition to long-haul service to Chicago and Los Angeles. Its other Hello Kitty planes are the Shining Star, Joyful Dream, Celebration Flight and Friendship Bows. Its Sanrio Family aircraft are the gudetama Comfort Flight and Bad Badtz-Maru Travel Fun planes.
Top Copyright Photo (all others by EVA Air): EVA Air Boeing 777-35E ER B-16703 (msn 32643) (Hello Kitty – Sanrio Family) LAX (Michael B. Ing). Image: 920984.
EVA Air aircraft slide show:
Juneyao Airlines, the first “Connecting Partner” of Star Alliance, has started a codeshare partnership with EVA Air on routes across the Taiwan Straits from March 26, 2018. The codeshare cooperation will bring more travelling choices for passengers flying across the Taiwan strait, and will have apositive impact on the expansion of Juneyao’s network in Asia, warming up the relationship between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan.
According to the codeshare agreement, Juneyao Airlines and EVA Air will place their own codes on flights operated by partners connecting Shanghai Pudong – Taipei Taoyuan and Shanghai Pudong – Kaohsiung. Meanwhile, Juneyao Airlines will continue its FFP offerings on connecting flights providing priority check-in, priority baggage handling, priority boarding, extra baggage allowance, and lounge access for Star Alliance Elite members, including those from EVA Air.
Detailed codeshare flights between Juneyao Airlines and EVA Air are shown below:
|
Codeshare |
Flights
|
Frequency
|
Operating |
|
Shanghai Pudong – Taipei Taoyuan |
HO1309/ BR2731 |
12457 |
Juneyao Airlines |
|
HO3181 / BR711 |
Daily |
EVA Air
|
|
|
HO3185 / BR751 |
5 |
||
|
HO3187 / BR721 |
Daily |
||
|
Taipei Taoyuan – Shanghai Pudong |
HO1310 / BR2732 |
12457 |
Juneyao Airlines |
|
HO3182 / BR712 |
Daily |
EVA Air
|
|
|
HO3186 / BR752 |
5 |
||
|
HO3188 / BR722 |
Daily |
||
|
Shanghai Pudong – Kaohsiung |
HO1315 / BR2733 |
356 |
Juneyao Airlines |
|
HO3189 / BR705 |
12457 |
EVA Air |
|
|
Kaohsiung – Shanghai Pudong |
HO1316 / BR2734 |
356 |
Juneyao Airlines |
|
HO3190 / BR706 |
12457 |
EVA Air |
Juneyao Airlines Co., Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Juneyao Group, targeting at middle-to-high-level official, business and private tourism markets. Juneyao Airlines started its inaugural flight in September 2006 and became the first Connecting Partner of Star Alliance in May 2017. As of today, Juneyao Airlines owns 68 brand new Airbus A320 series aircrafts whose average age is only 3 years. In 2017, Juneyao Airlines have carried over 16 million passengers.
Based in Shanghai and Nanjing, Juneyao Airlines operates 110 routes linking major cities in China as well as surrounding countries.
It will further launch intercontinental flights after receiving Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners in late 2018.
Copyright Photo: Juneyao Airlines Airbus A320-214 F-WWDN (B-6396) (msn 3605) TLS (Karl Cornil). Image: 905966.
Juneyao Airlines aircraft slide show:
Ethiopian Airlines, the largest Aviation Group in Africa, has launched three new flights to Kisangani and Mbuji Mayi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Nosy-Be in Madagascar today, March 27, 2018.
With the launch of the new flights, Ethiopian now serves 58 destinations in Africa and more than 100 destinations globally.
Copyright Photo: Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-860 WL ET-AQO (msn 40968) DUB (Greenwing). Image: 929142.
Ethiopian Airlines aircraft slide show:
Hi Fly has made this announcement:
Hi Fly, a leading European Airline specialized in wet lease, will be welcoming soon into its fleet the brand new Airbus A330-900neo. The first of ten aircraft that will ultimately renew the entire Hi Fly A330 fleet in upcoming years will arrive in June 2019. The investment reflects the company’s intent to fly modern, efficient and environmentally-friendly aircraft.
The A330neo that will be launched first time ever by Airbus this year is a significantly more advanced aircraft than the current generation, with much lower fuel burn and carbon emissions.
Above Copyright Photo: Airbus A330-941N F-WTTN (msn 1795) TLS (Eurospot). Image: 939623.
The aircraft, equipped with the new Rolls Royce Trent 7000 engines, have a range in excess of 6.500 nautical miles and will seat in unmatched comfort 365 passengers in a three class configuration (business class seats with flat beds, high comfort premium economy and standard economy). Upon client demand the configuration can be changed at short notice to a full economy version seating 415 passengers. All seats have installed a last generation inflight entertainment system.
Hi Fly is a leading European airline specialized in Wet Lease. The EU – OPS, FAA approved, EASA and IOSA certified carrier operates a large fleet of Airbus A330’s and A340’s, exclusively available for Wet Lease worldwide. Wet Lease – the supply of aircraft and crew, maintenance and insurance – is Hi Fly’s core business and has been developed with unmatched operational expertise for over a decade.
Hi Fly aircraft slide show:
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