Syphax Airlines (Sfax, Tunisia) will launch weekly Airbus A330-200 service between Tunis and Montreal (Trudeau) on April 25. It will be the first long-haul route for the young carrier.
Copyright Photo: Syphax Airlines. Airbus A330-243 TS-IRA (msn 345, ex F-WJKG) was acquired on June 20, 2013.
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Hong Kong Airlines‘ (Hong Kong) reported its Ho Chi Minh Cityย inaugural flight touched down in the Vietnamese city at 13:55 (1:55 pm) local time today (March 17). The passengers and flight crew received a warm welcome from the Airlines’ representatives upon their arrival.
Hong Kong Airlines Hong Kong โย Ho Chi Minhย route is operated by Airbus A320 aircraft configured with all-economy class. The flight operates every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The new flight service toย Ho Chi Minh Cityย is complimented by Hong Kong Airlines’ daily flight toย Hanoi, bringing it to a total of 10 weekly flights betweenย Hong Kong andย Vietnam.
Copyright Photo: Gerd Beilfuss/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A320-214 D-AUBU (msn 6003) with Sharklets at Hamburg (Finkenwerder) will become B-LPL on delivery.
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Delta Air Lines (Atlanta) is reducing its code-share agreement with Alaska Airlines (Seattle/Tacoma) at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport per Airline Route. The move is not a surprise as Delta has been adding its own feeder flights at SEA to support its long-range routes.
Effective June 5, 2014 Delta will remove its DL code on Alaska Airlines flights from Seattle/Tacoma to Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and San Jose.
This will be followed on July 1 when Delta removes its DL code on Alaska flights to Anchorage and Houston (Bush Intercontinental).
Finally the Seattle/Tacoma-Phoenix route will be dropped on December 20, 2014.
Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A320-211 N333NW (msn 329) of Delta Air Lines taxies at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA).
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Airbus has started final assembly of the first A320neo (msn 6101) at its Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse (France), with the join-up of the forward and aft fuselage sections which recently arrived from St. Nazaire in France and Hamburg in Germany respectively.
Once this phase is completed, the next stage is the wing to fuselage join-up. Overall it takes about one month to complete the final assembly of an A320 Family aircraft. On average, every seven hours an A320 Family aircraft leaves one of the three A320 Family FALโs in Toulouse, Hamburg, or Tianjin.
According to Airbus, “The A320neo first flight will take place in the fourth quarter of 2014 and first delivery in the fourth quarter of 2015. The A320neo โnew engine optionโ incorporates many innovations, including latest generation engines and large Sharklet wing-tip devices, which together deliver 15 percent in fuel savings and a reduction of 3,600 tonnes of C02ย per aircraft per year. With a total of more than 2,600 orders received from 50 customers since its launch in 2010, the A320neo Family has captured some 60 percent of the market, clearly demonstrating its leadership.”
Copyright Photo: Airbus.
SaudiGulf Airlines, a new Saudi Arabian airline wholly owned by Abdul Hadi Al Qahtani Group of Companies has signed a firm contract with Airbus for four A320ceo, to be delivered in early 2015. The aircraft is equipped with Airbus โSharkletโ fuel saving wing tip devices.
Previously Bombardier Aerospace had announced the Dammam-basedย Al Qahtani Aviation Company has signed a firm purchase agreement for 16ย CS300ย aircraft with options for an additional 10ย CS300ย jetliners. The aircraft will be operated by SaudiGulf Airlines, a newly launched national carrier from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Al Qahtani Aviation Company and SaudiGulf Airlines are both owned by Saudi Abdel Hadi Abdullah Al-Qahtani & Sons Group of Companies (Tariq Al-Qahtani & Bros.).
However the CS300 has been delayed.
Map Image:ย Abdul Hadi Al Qahtani Group of Companies.
US Airways (Phoenix) according to Airline Route, has announced the anticipated US Airways and US Airways Express route deletions and dates from Washington’s Reagan National Airport as required by the Department of Justice (DOJ) agreement as a prerequisite for the American Airlines-US Airways merger.
May 22, 2014: San Diego
June 5: Augusta, Fayetteville, Fort Walton Beach, Jacksonville (NC), Little Rock and Omaha
June 19: Tallahassee
July 2: Islip, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Pensacola and Savannah
August 19: Detroit
Copyright Photo: Brian McDonough/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A321-231 N508AY (msn 3740) arrives at Washington’s Reagan National Airport (DCA).
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One of the first Concorde jetliners built at Toulouse, France has made its final โvoyageโ with the aircraftโs ground transfer to the Airbus-supported Aeroscopia Museum site at the Toulouse-Blagnac Airport. ย Designated as an Aerospatiale BAC Concorde 100 and registered as F-WTSB (msn 1), this Concorde made its last flight in April 1985, returning to Toulouse after a career that included a full range of test and development activity.
The Aeroscopia Museum where Concorde msn 1 will be permanently displayed has received funding from Airbus, and its collection will also include one of the initial A300s โ the cornerstone widebody jetliner in Airbusโ product line โ as well as the msn 1 flight test A400M military airlifter.
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Virgin America (San Francisco) is dropping the short-lived service between San Jose, California (Silicon Valley) and Los Angeles on May 14. Started less than a year ago, the self branded #nerdbird flights did not apparently attract enough flyers.
Copyright Photo: Airbus A319-112 N527VA (msn 3417) taxies on the ramp at Los Angeles International Airport.
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Flynas (formerly Nasair) (stylized as flynas) (Jeddah) is expanding internationally to Europe and Asia with new Airbus A330s. The airline has issued this statement about its new planned Airbus A330 service to both London (Gatwick) (April 8) and Manchester (May 2):
The flights will operate three times a week to both the British capital and the northern city of Manchester, offering easy access to the entire country.
The announcements were made at two press conferences held in London and Manchester respectively.
Recently Flynas has made significant investments in enhancing its fleet by adding Airbus A330 aircraft and upgrading its in-flight offering to include a 12-seat Business Class Cabin and smarter onboard entertainment technologies which are perfectly in line with the expectations of cosmopolitan, regional and international customers.
All of Flynasโ international flights will operate out of its hub in Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The airline recently announced the launch of direct flights to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (starting on April 6) and Jakarta, Indonesia. Other destinations set to be rolled out as part of the program include Paris, France; Karachi, Pakistan and Casablanca, Morocco.
Images: Flynas.
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Vanilla Air (Tokyo-Narita) today (March 14) introduced its first new “LOHACO Jet” special scheme on its Airbus A320-211 JA8391 (msn 300). The aircraft will go into service tomorrow. The airline issued this short statement (translated from Japanese) with photos:
To commemorate the surprise giveaway event tomorrow (March 15) the new LOHACO jet will be flown on flight ย JW 903 departing from Sapporo.
According to ZipanguFlyer, JA8391 willย promote the new association with “LOHACO, an e-commerce website jointly operated by major online office appliance seller ASKUL and Yahoo! Japan.”
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Copyright Photos: Vanilla Air.
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