Hainan Airlines (Haikou and Beijing) will start the Beijing – Prague route three days a week beginning on September 23. The new route will operate with Boeing 767-300 aircraft per Airline Route.
Copyright Photo: Paul Denton/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 767-34P ER B-2490 (msn 33047) arrives in Dubai.
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Hainan Airlines 767-334P B-2490 (msn 33047) DXB (Paul Denton), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Hainan Airlines (Haikou) also returned to profitability in 2009 when it posted a net profit of $49 million. the company is also planning to add new service to Honolulu.
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Copyright Photo: Paul Denton. Hainan Airlines’ Boeing 767-34P ER B-2490 (msn 33047) approaches Dubai for landing.
Gulf Air (Bahrain) has finalized a lease deal with Jet Airways for the 42-month lease of four Boeing 777-300 ERs. The first three aircraft will arrive in March 2009 and the fourth in May. The airliners will be wet leased for the first six months as the new type is phased in with Jet Airways crews. The remaining three years of the lease will be on a dry lease basis. Jet Airways is leasing out what it considers to be surplus equipment during the economic downturn.
Copyright Photo: Gulf Air Boeing 767-34P ER A40-GV (msn 26235) (Grand Prix 2006) DXB (Konstantin von Wedelstaedt). Image: 900546.
