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Emirates to update
its fleet in 2016 EMIRATES has provided details of its fleet retirement schedule for 2016. The Gulf carrier intends to retire a total of 26 aircraft, including 12 A330-300s, four A340-300s, one A345-500, six B777-200ERs, two B777-300s and one B777-300ER. To balance the gradual retirement of its older aircraft, Emirates expects to take delivery of 36 new aircraft this year. This will include 20 A380s and 16 B777-300ERs. The new deliveries will bring the Gulf carrier’s average fleet age down to 5.6 years, dramatically younger than the global average – particularly when compared to airlines in North America (13.6 years) and Europe (10.7 years).
emirates.com
MAB’s first update since rebrand shows promise
MALAYSIA Airlines (MAB) has announced its first quarterly update since a rebrand in September 2015 – and the overall outlook is positive. Much of the work that the airline has done to optimise its route network has started to show anticipated returns. Revenue per available seat kilometre has improved year-on-year, while seat load factor has also been gaining momentum. In particular, demand from China and North Asia has been strong, signalling a remarkable change in fortune for an airline that lost significant passenger confidence from the Chinese market following the loss of flight MH370 last year. Moving forward, MAB intends to introduce more charter flights (currently numbering 180) to selected key cities in China to meet the increasing demand.
malaysiaairlines.com
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Melia Hotels focuses on expanding
MELIA Hotels International is gearing up for a significant expansion of its Asia-Pacific portfolio in the next three years, with the majority of the company’s focus being on the Chinese and Indonesian markets. The group expects to open seven new hotels in Indonesia over the next two years, starting with Innside Legian, Innside Makassar, Innside Yogyakarta and Sol House Kuta in 2016, followed by Gran Melia Bintan, Melia Surabaya and Melia Ubud in 2017. China continues to be an attractive market, with Melia recognising
the growth in Chinese travel clientele. Similar to the Starwood Personalised Travel Programme introduced by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide in 2011, and Marriott International’s Li Yu programme in 2012, Melia has introduced its own scheme to cater specifically to the needs of Chinese guests.
melia.com
Lufthansa and Air China expand codeshare routes
FELLOW Star Alliance members Lufthansa and Air China have expanded their codeshare agreement, which now sees both carriers place their marketing code on an additional 24 routes departing from Beijing, Chengdu, Frankfurt and Munich. Air China now codeshares with
Lufthansa on the following flights: Frankfurt to Bologna, Bremen, Brussels, Friedrichshafen, Florence, Helsinki, Porto, Prague, Turin and Venice; and Munich to Bremen, Brussels, Dresden, Helsinki, Prague and Turin. Reciprocally, Lufthansa has begun codesharing the following domestic flights operated by Air China: Beijing to Changsha, Fuzhou, Hefei, Hohhet, Kunming, Wenzhou and Yantai; and Chengdu to Shenyang.
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