Sunday 21 September 2014

XiamenAir's next 20-years ambition

Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
                / KUCINTA SETIA
Distributed to All Press & Travel Professionals



XiamenAir has outlined details of its next 20-years ambition as it operates its B787 Dreamliner jet, introduces new cabin crew attire colours and opens new routes to Jakarta, Suvarnabhumi and Kuala Lumpur this week.

XiamenAir aims to be one of the main Chinese international airlines operating a fleet of 360 jets, employing more than 400,000 workers, operating daily 1300 flights on more than 300 scheduled route sectors, achieving an annual passenger flow of 700,000,000 and inaugurating 50 more regional and international routes besides operating daily 150 international and regional flights to 40 Asia-Pacific cities in the next 20 years.

In late 2014 and 2015, XiamenAir will receive 6 Boeing B787 Dreamliners which will enable the airline to inaugurate its first North American and European flights to San Francisco from Fuzhou and from Xiamen to Paris.

XiamenAir receives its first B787 Dreamliner B-2768 on 31 August 2014 and operates its first B787 Dreamliner domestic flight from Fuzhou to Beijing Capital on 6 September 2014 followed by the same service on the Xiamen-Beijing Capital route sectors.

XiamenAir's B787 Dreamliner has a three-cabin configuration with a total of 237 seats, four First Class seats, 18 Business Class seats and 215 Economy Class seats. Each seat can recline at 180 Degrees. The legroom of its Economy Class seat measures 84 cm. It enables passengers better relaxation onboard. Each seat has a power point and an inflight entertainment screen. Kids travelling onboard the Dreamliner can watch entertainment shows on XiamenAir's Kids Channel.

By the end of 2014, in conjunction with the introduction of the environmental-friendly Dreamliner aircraft, XiamenAir's cabin crew uniform will change to shades of blue, ending the purple attire which has been in use such 2003.

On 25 September 2014, XiamenAir links Tianjin with Suvarnabhumi via Fuzhou (MF821/MF822) and Tianjin with Jakarta via Xiamen (MF867/MF868). On the same day, it launches indirect scheduled flights linking Zhengzhou and Kuala Lumpur with a one-hour stopover in Xiamen under flight MF847/MF848. It has also opened scheduled flights linking Xiamen with Siem Reap.



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