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CATHAY PACIFIC Airways is to up its services to Italy and France. The carrierwill increase the frequency of its Milan service from four flights a week to daily starting from 1 July, subject to approval by the government. It will also add three more flights to Paris from 27 March, taking its service to a twice-daily frequency on the route. The extra flights to Paris will operate via Amsterdam.
SAS SCANDINAVIAN Airlines intends to launch flights between Copenhagen and Shanghai late this year or early next.
CHINA AIRLINES has begun twice-weekly A330-300 flights between Taoyuan and Wuhan. A third service on the route is operated by China Southern Airlines in a codeshare with the Taiwanese carrier.
THE INTERNATIONAL Air Transport Association (IATA) has made a “strong plea” to the authorities in Hong Kong to move ahead with plans for a third runway at Hong Kong International airport, in order to keep pace with projected growth in air freight demand.
AIRBUS expects Asia Pacific airlines to take delivery of about 8,560 new aircraft over the next 20 years. It predicts freight passing through the region will rise by 7 percent a year over that time.
Turkish Airlines confirms A330 freighter order
TURKISH AIRLINES has placed a firm order for further Airbus aircraft, the acquisition to include three A330-200 freighters as well as 10 A321 passenger aircraft, as the carrier continues to push ahead with its expansion programme. These 13 new aircraft would add to an existing Airbus fleet at the Turkish
flag-carrier of 75 aircraft, comprising four A310 freighters, one A330-200F, 50 A320 Family aircraft, 11 A330s and nine A340s. Temel Kotil, Turkish Airlines CEO, commented: “To achieve our ambitious
expansion plans in a sustainable and profitable manner, we require a reliable and efficient fleet. “Our positive experience with our in-service A320 fleet and the outstanding
flexibility and efficiency demonstrated by our A330-200F since it entered service last year made these repeat orders the logical choice for our growth.” Airbus said its aircraft “share a unique cockpit and operational
commonality” which facilitates operational flexibility and helps airlines to keep costs, such as those involved in maintenance, down. This latest order adds to another 27 aircraft that Turkish expects to receive from Airbus as a result of contracts placed in 2009 and 2010.
GLSHK seeks local partners for expansion
LIONEL KWOK, CEO of Hong Kong-based electronic solutions provider GLSHK, says: “Our biggest project in the coming two years is the customisation and expansion of our solutions to enable Cathay Pacific to implement 100 percent e-AWB in all the 33 countries/regions it operates in by the end of 2012. “We are also in discussion with some
other airlines which are interested in our solutions and we expect that some of
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them will keep us busy. However, our experience tells us that we cannot do this on our own... So we will also be actively seeking local partners in the coming two years.” Kwok concluded: “While we will
continue adding new features to our solutions, we will also fine-tune our systems to make them more easily customised ... and more readily interfaced with other systems.”
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