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Scoot Tigerair Pte Ltd's Airbus A320 launches direct scheduled flight from Singapore to Nanchang on 2 July 2018 thrice per week. It flies every Monday, Wednesday and Friday to Nanchang.
On 2 July 2018, Scoot flight TR112 departs from Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 2 for Nanchang at 2.20 pm, arrives in Nanchang at 7.20 pm before leaving Nanchang for Singapore at 8.20 pm and touching down in Singapore at 1.15 am on 3 July 2018 under flight TR113.
Scoot has started to sell All-Economy Class tickets on this route at www.flyscoot.com today. Sale fare starts from less than 80 Singapore Dollars one way.
The Singapore - Nanchang route was previously operated by China Eastern for a few months and Jiangxi Air has plan to launch scheduled flight to Singapore from Nanchang. Let's hope Scoot's Nanchang route will prove successful and be able to sustain for a longer time.
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Tourists departing for Vladivostok and Novosibirsk, Siberia, from Suvarnabhumi, Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shenyang, Dalian, Incheon and Narita will be delighted to know that S7 Airlines, the airline of Siberia and member airline of the OneWorld Alliance, is launching new routes to Larnaca, the capital of Cyprus, and to the Russian cities of Nadym, Kogalym and Boloyarsky located in the Autonomous Regions of Yamalo-Nenets and Khanty-Mansi. S7 Airlines provides connecting flights to Novosibirsk from Vladivostok.
On 1 May 2018, S7 Airlines launches weekly scheduled flights from Novosibirsk to Larnaca and Nadym.
Flight S7821 operated by B737-800 aircraft of S7 Airlines departs from Novosibirsk to Larnaca at 6.30 am, arrives in Larnaca at 9.20 am local time before departing from Larnaca for Novosibirsk at 10.30 am and touching down in Novosibirsk at 8.45 pm under flight S7822.
Tickets of the Novosibirsk - Larnaca route are now on sale at S7 Airlines www.s7.ru and at all S7 Airlines offices in the world.
S7 Airlines' passengers from Asia will no longer require to travel with S7 Airlines from Moscow to Larnaca when the new flight to Larnaca from Novosibirsk opens.
The outbound flight from Novosibirsk departs for Nadym, Russia, on 1 May 2018 at 7.30 am, arrives in Nadym at 8.05 am local time before leaving Nadym for Novosibirsk at 8.55 am and arriving in Novosibirsk at 1.15 pm.
S7 Airlines proposes the inaugural flights to Kogalym and Boloyarsky Airports on 2 May 2018 and 3 May 2018.
On 2 May 2018, the outbound flight leaves Novosibirsk for Kogalym at 7.10 am, arrives in Kogalym at 7.15 am local time before departing from Kogalym for Novosibirsk at 8.05 am and touching down in Novosibirsk at 12.10 pm.
On 3 May 2018, the outbound flight leaves Novosibirsk for Boloyarsky at 7.40 am, arrives in Boloyarsky at 8.20 am local time before departing from Boloyarsky for Novosibirsk at 9.10 am and touching down in Novosibirsk at 1.40 pm.
S7 Airlines' flights to Boloyarsky and Kogalym are operated by its Embraer 170 aircraft.
The domestic flight tickets of S7 Airlines are available for sale at all S7 Airlines offices including in Hong Kong, China, South Korea and Japan.
For passengers in Hong Kong, its neighbouring Chinese cities and Singapore, S7 Airlines provides direct flights to Vladivostok from Hong Kong while it has code-sharing flights with Cathay Pacific to Singapore from Hong Kong.
For passengers looking for an alternative to leave Singapore for Vladivostok, Scoot provides connecting flights from Singapore to Vladivostok via Incheon in cooperation with Jeju Air. that is the operating airline partner on the Incheon - Vladivostok route. In Vladivostok, passengers can check-in at S7 Airlines counters for the above flights.
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25 March 2018 is the bonus day for Phuket International Airport. Not only Myanmar National Airlines and Hebei Airlines are operating inaugural scheduled flights from Yangon and Shijiazhuang to Phuket on that day, XiamenAir is also joining them on this day as it launches daily flights from Fuzhou and Xiamen to Phuket.
At 2.35 pm on 25 March 2018, XiamenAir flight MF8679 departs from Fuzhou for Phuket, arrives in Phuket at 5.45 pm before leaving Phuket for Fuzhou at 6.45 pm and touching down in Fuzhou at 11.45 pm under flight MF8680.
At night of 25 March 2018, flight MF8689 leaves Xiamen for Phuket at 8.50 pm, lands in Phuket at 11.50 pm before departing from Phuket for Xiamen at 12.50 am and arriving in Xiamen at 5.40 am on 26 March 2018 under flight MF8690.
The above flights are operated by XiamenAir's B737-800 aircraft.
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According to Myanmar National Airlines, it has held meetings with Golden Myanmar Airlines and Mann Yadanarpon Airlines, the two other Myanmar airlines, on cooperating their domestic flight operations.
The new domestic flight cooperative operation will take effect in June 2018.
Myanmar National Airlines, formerly Myanma Airways, flies to 28 domestic cities and 7 international cities including Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket, Gaya, Kunming and Chengdu while Golden Myanmar Airlines, the only low-cost airline of Myanmar, has a domestic route network of 14 cities. Mann Yadanarpon Airlines flies to 22 domestic cities.
Myanmar National Airlines code-shares with Mann Yadanarpon Airlines on domestic routes to Heho, Mandalay and Nyaung U from Yangon.
The three Myanmar airlines agree to cooperate their domestic operations due to fallen earnings and insufficient number of domestic flight passengers to avert closure of their domestic flight businesses. They cannot afford to lower domestic flight ticket prices since on average there are only 10 passengers per domestic flight.
It is the airlines' wish that cooperative operation will lead to lower operational costs and more passengers on each flight.
In the last three months or so, three Myanmar domestic airlines have suspended all flight operations indefinitely due to losses, including Air Bagan, Air Mandalay and Asian Wings Airways.
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According to Uzbekistan Airways, its B767-300ER aircraft carried 60 tourists of Singaporean, Malaysian and Indonesian nationalities without tourist visas to Tashkent from Singapore via Kuala Lumpur on 16 February 2018.
Since 10 February 2018, Uzbekistan has officially allowed tourists from South Korea, Singapore, Turkey, Israel, Malaysia, Indonesia and Japan to enter Tashkent without tourist visas for up to 30 days from the date of entry.
Uzbekistan's new visa-free policy for the above nationals will facilitate Uzbekistan Airways' plans in increasing air traffic flows from these countries and introducing new routes later this year.
Uzbekistan Airways' new routes this year include a new scheduled route to Barcelona from Tashkent using its B787-800 Dreamliner aircraft, which will inaugurate on 24 May 2018, and a new route to Mumbai from Tashkent during spring or summer.
On 24 May 2018, Uzbekistan Airways flight HY259 departs from Tashkent for Barcelona at 4.45 am, arrives in Barcelona at 9.40 am before leaving Barcelona for Tashkent at 11.10 am and touching down in Tashkent at 9.15 pm on the same day under flight HY260. It flies every Thursday to Barcelona from Tashkent.
Uzbekistan Airways has weekly flights to Tashkent from Singapore via Kuala Lumpur and non-stop flights from Tashkent to Singapore. From Tashkent, it provides onward connections to Tel Aviv in Israel, Minsk in Belarus, Istanbul and Central Asian cities such as Almaty in Kazakhstan and Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan. It also flies to Beijing, Incheon and Narita.
Uzbekistan Airways will exhibit under Uzbekistan national tourism organization booth (Booth 5H13) at NATAS Travel Fair 2018 in Singapore from 23 to 25 March to promote public awareness of Uzbekistan travel and tourism.
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Nok Air launches non-stop scheduled flights from Don Mueang to Nanning and Zhengzhou on 7 March 2018 using its B737-800 aircraft.
On 7 March 2018, Nok Air flight DD3110 departs from Don Mueang for Nanning at 8.25 am, arrives in Nanning at 11.10 am before leaving Nanning for Don Mueang at 1.25 pm and touching down in Don Mueang at 3.45 pm under flight DD3111.
On 7 March 2018, Nok Air flight DD3136 departs from Don Mueang for Zhengzhou at 5.15 pm, lands in Zhengzhou at 9.55 pm before taking off from Zhengzhou for Don Mueang at 10.55 pm and touching down in Don Mueang at 2 am under flight DD3137 on 8 March 2018.
Nok Air faces direct competition on the Don Mueang route to Zhengzhou from Siam Air and Thai Lion Air, as above.
Nanning and Zhengzhou are not the only China destinations served by Nok Air. The Thai low-cost airline also flies to other China cities such as Hefei, Nanjing, Chengdu, Yinchuan, Yichang and Wuxi according to Nok Air.
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Lanmei Airlines launches its first scheduled flight to Bangkok Suvarnabhumi on 7 March 2018 using its Airbus A321 aircraft. It will fly to Suvarnabhumi on Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
On 7 March 2018, Lanmei Airlines flight LQ670 departs from Phnom Penh for Suvarnabhumi at 8.40 pm, arrives in Suvarnabhumi at 10 pm before leaving Suvarnabhumi at 11 pm and touching down in Phnom Penh at 12.10 am on 8 March 2018 under flight LQ671.
Tickets are available for sale at Ctrip.com and at Lanmei Airlines Head Office in Phnom Penh.
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Cathay Dragon, known formerly as Dragonair, launches its first scheduled flight from Hong Kong to Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province, on 26 March 2018 using its Airbus A320 aircraft.
On 26 March 2018, Cathay Dragon flight KA960 departs from Hong Kong for Jinan at 7.55 pm, arrives in Jinan at 11.15 pm.
On 27 March 2018, flight KA961 leaves Jinan for Hong Kong at 8.15 am and touches down in Hong Kong at 11.30 am.
Flights from Hong Kong to Jinan are operated on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays while the reverse flights to Hong Kong are on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
Jinan is the second China destination for Cathay Dragon this year following its inaugural flight to Nanning on 8 January 2018.
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Three international airlines have appointed new General Sales Agencies (GSAs) in Singapore. They are JC International Airlines, West Air and Hawaiian Airlines.
JC International Airlines headquartered in Canadia Bank Tower, Phnom Penh, has appointed AVS, short for Aviation Services (S) Pte Ltd, as its Singapore GSA on 13 February 2018. Now, local customers no longer need to fret over the problematic online booking process at JC International Airlines' web-site if they do not transact at Ctrip.com where JC International Airlines' tickets are available for sale in Singapore Dollars at competitive rates.
AVS and its sister entity Worldwide Aviation Sales (S) Pte Ltd (WAS, in short) are located at Orchard Towers, #24-08, 400 Orchard Road, Singapore.
JC International Airlines is understood to be recruiting GSAs as well in Bangkok, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Chongqing and Macau.
Besides the contract with JC International Airlines, AVS has replaced Maple Aviation (S) Pte Ltd as the current Singapore GSA of West Air, the Chongqing-based low-cost subsidiary of Hainan Airlines, on 13 February 2018 while WAS is now the GSA of Hawaiian Airlines in Singapore, besides acting as the GSA of Cebu Pacific Air and Singapore contact and ticketing centre of Finnair.
WAS will market Hawaiian Airlines' Japan flights at NATAS Travel Fair 2018, to be held from 23 to 25 March at Suntec Exhibition & Convention Centre.
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Air India Express introduces new flights from Kochi to Madurai and Singapore on 27 March 2018. As a result, it has discontinued its Madurai - Delhi return flights, which it launched on 16 September 2017, this week.
On 27 March 2018, Air India Express flight IX484 departs from Kochi for Singapore via Madurai at 11.10 am, transits in Madurai at 11.55 am before taking off for Singapore at 1.10 pm and arriving in Singapore at 8.10 pm.
At 9.15 pm on 27 March 2018, flight IX483 leaves Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 2 for Madurai, transits in Madurai at 11.05 pm before leaving Madurai for Kochi at 12.15 am on 28 March 2018 and touching down in Kochi at 1 am.
Also de-linked from Air India Express' Singapore flight network is the Chennai-Tiruchirappalli route due to overheated competition on the direct service to Chennai by Scoot. Flights of Air India Express from Chennai to Singapore used to transit in Tiruchirappalli.
Air India Express currently flies direct from Singapore to Coimbatore, Madurai and Tiruchirappalli. It plans to reinstate direct flight from Singapore to Kolkata in the future.
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Air Seoul has announced that it is discontinuing all flights to Macau from Incheon with effect from 5 March 2018. Passengers of Incheon-Macau return flights RS521/RS522 and RS523/RS524 should transit in Hong Kong instead.
Air Seoul launched scheduled flights to Hong Kong from Incheon last year and has seen robust air traffic performance on the route.
Air Seoul is the Incheon low-cost subsidiary of Asiana Airlines.
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Asiana Airlines, celebrating its 30th Anniversary on 17 February 2018 (Lunar New Year), plans to launch East Asia's first scheduled flight to Venice, from Incheon, on 1 May 2018. Flights operated by one of its 10 B777-200ER aircraft on this route are on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
According to Asiana Airlines, its flight OZ531 departs from Incheon for Venice on 1 May 2018 at 10.25 am, arrives in Venice at 3.05 pm on 1 May 2018 local time before leaving Venice for Incheon at 4.45 pm and touching down in Incheon at 10.50 am on 2 May 2018 under flight OZ532.
The Incheon-Venice-Incheon flights allow same day connections to and from Singapore, Hong Kong, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Danang, Bangkok and Phnom Penh.
Later this year, another B777-200 aircraft of Asiana Airlines will launch new direct flight to Barcelona from Incheon on 30 August 2018 and the service will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays under the codes OZ511 and OZ512.
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Singapore Airlines has started to sell air tickets of its B787-10 Dreamliner regular flights to Osaka Kansai. The maiden regular scheduled flight of the world's first B787-10 long-range aircraft operated by Singapore Airlines to Osaka Kansai International Airport operates on 3 May 2018.
On 3 May 2018, the B787-10 flight SQ618 departs from Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 3 for Osaka Kansai Terminal 1 at 1.25 am, arrives in Osaka Kansai at 9.05 am before leaving Osaka Kansai at 10.55 am and touching down in Singapore at 4.40 pm under flight SQ619.
Flights are operated daily.
The B787-10 Dreamliner has 337 seats in two Classes, with 36 seats in Business Class and 301 seats in Economy Class. Measuring 68 metres long, it is the longest Dreamliner aircraft.
Singapore Airlines takes delivery of its first B787-10 Dreamliner in March 2018 with test flights to Suvarnabhumi and Kuala Lumpur to follow.
According to Singapore Airlines, it has 49 firm orders for B787-10 jets while it will take delivery of its first of 20 B777-9 aircraft in either 2021 or 2022.
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Hebei Airlines has availed its Shijiazhuang - Phuket tickets for sale at Ctrip.com. Its B737-800 aircraft starts to fly to Phuket from Shijiazhuang on a daily basis on 25 March 2018.
On 25 March 2018, Hebei Airlines flight NS3521 departs from Shijiazhuang for Phuket at 1.30 pm, arrives in Phuket at 5.45 pm before leaving Phuket for Shijiazhuang at 6.45 pm and touching down in Shijiazhuang at 12.45 am on 26 March 2018 under flight NS3522.
Phuket is the second Thailand destination for Hebei Airlines after Bangkok.
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Qingdao Airlines launches daily flights from Quanzhou to Nanning and Guiyang on 19 February 2018 using its A320 aircraft.
The flight details are as follows:-
Flight QW9893 departs from Quanzhou for Nanning at 8 am, transits in Nanning at 10 am before leaving Nanning for Quanzhou at 10.50 am and touching down in Quanzhou at 12.40 pm under flight QW9894.
At 1.40 pm, the same aircraft under flight QW9909 leaves Quanzhou for Guiyang at 1.40 pm, arrives in Guiyang at 4.05 pm before departing from Guiyang at 5.10 pm and arriving in Quanzhou at 7.10 pm under flight QW9910.
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Sichuan Airlines opens new Xi'an - Chiang Mai route on 17 February 2018 using its A320 aircraft. The route is the first international route for its Xi'an Xianyang base and Chiang Mai International Airport's first international link with Xi'an Xianyang International Airport.
On 17 February 2018, Sichuan Airlines flight 3U8291 departs from Xi'an Xianyang for Chiang Mai at 6.05 pm, arrives in Chiang Mai at 8 pm before leaving Chiang Mai at 9 pm and touching down in Xi'an Xianyang at 1.20 am on 18 February 2018 under flight 3U8292.
3U8291 flies on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Passengers arriving in Xi'an Xianyang can choose to connect to Sichuan Airlines Xi'an Base' other flights to 24 cities in China including Changchun, Urumqi, Xining, Lhasa and Harbin. Sichuan Airlines will station up to 9 A320 aircraft in Xi'an Xianyang this year.
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According to Jetstar, its Singapore-based low-cost airline Jetstar Asia Airways is resuming scheduled once-weekly flight from Singapore to Sanya on 27 March 2018 and will fly to Sanya on Tuesdays only. Jetstar Asia Airways suspended flights to the coastal city in November 2017. This was confirmed by Jetstar Asia Airways which shares the same account on Facebook and web-site as Jetstar at jetstar.com.
On 27 March 2018, Jetstar Asia flight 3K881 departs from Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 1 for Sanya at 5.40 am, arrives in Sanya at 9.50 am before leaving Sanya under flight 3K882 at 11 am and touching down in Singapore at 2.10 pm using A320 aircraft.
Jetstar Asia Airways also informed Sayacinta - Airpost that it has also suspended flights to Guiyang from Singapore and has no intention to resume flights on this route anytime soon.
Jetstar Asia Airways axed the Sanya and Guiyang routes as it re-deployed its aircraft on its new routes to Naha, Hatyai and Clark.
System-wide, Jetstar has suspended direct flights from Melbourne to Zhengzhou. From 27 March, Jetstar's flights to China from Melbourne have to connect with Jetstar Asia's flights to Haikou and Sanya via Singapore. The current connection flight to China stops in Haikou only. There are no connecting flights from Melbourne to Shantou Jieyang.
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On 9 February 2018, Zhuhai Jinwan Airport has official launch of its upgraded Eastern Finger Corridor. With the addition of the Eastern Finger Corridor, the Zhuhai airport has a total of 17 boarding gates, of which the Eastern Finger Corridor has 8 boarding gates while the Western Finger Corridor has 9 boarding gates. There are 6 remote parking bays at the airport.
Zhuhai Jinwan Airport, formerly known as Zhuhai Sanzao Airport, consisting of both Western and Finger Corridors, first started operations in June 1995 with assistance of Hong Kong Airport expertise. However, due to low air traffic, the Eastern Finger Corridor was left closed for 20 years.
On 15 August 2017, upgrading of the Eastern Finger Corridor started and ended on 15 October 2017. In November, test operations started with flights of Air China, Shenzhen Airlines, Kunming Airlines, Shandong Airlines and China Express Airlines allowed to land at this side of the terminal.
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Guangxi Beibu Gulf Airlines, known in short as GX Airlines, launches scheduled flights to Wanzhou and Yinchuan from Changsha using its Embraer E190 regional jet on 9 February 2018 to meet travel demand.
On 9 February 2018, GX Airlines flight GX8925 departs from Changsha for Wanzhou at 8.20 am, arrives in Wanzhou at 9.50 am before departing for Yinchuan at 10.30 am and arriving in Yinchuan at 12.10 pm under flight GX8925.
At 1.05 pm, flight GX8926 takes off from Yinchuan for Wanzhou, transits in Wanzhou at 2.45 pm for Wanzhou-bound passengers to alight before leaving Wanzhou for Changsha at 3.25 pm and touching down in Changsha at 4.40 pm.
Flights are operated on Fridays, Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays and drastically reduce travel time as normally travellers need to travel by indirect transport services from Changsha to Wanzhou and Yinchuan before the flights started. There are no bullet train services to Wanzhou and Yinchuan from Changsha.
Other than the new domestic flights, GX Airlines plans to launch scheduled flights from Nanning to many cities in Southeast Asia including Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Vientiane, Phnom Penh, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Manila. It has a fleet of 15 Embraer E190 and 6 A320-200 jets.
GX Airlines has deferred plans to launch its first regional flight to Hong Kong due to competition from Cathay Dragon.
Picture below : An older route map of Guangxi Beibu Gulf Airlines, the Nanning-based subsidiary of Hainan Airlines. It now flies to more than 44 domestic airports in China. Its first scheduled flight is operated from Nanning to Haikou on 13 February 2015.
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VietJet Air shifts its Singapore operations from Changi Airport Terminal 3 to Terminal 4 on 6 March 2018. Since it launched its first flight from Ho Chi Minh City in 2014, the airline has grown steadily. It added a second daily service to Ho Chi Minh City in 2016 and commenced a daily service to Hanoi in 2017.
VietJet Air's move to Terminal 4 will allow for expansion of its operations at Changi Airport, with the terminal providing the necessary room for growth. It also reduces the need for its passengers to be bussed from remote gates to the terminal.
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Thai Lion Air launches daily flights from Don Mueang to Changzhou and Jinan on 23 March 2018. It is the first Southeast Asian low-cost airline to fly to Changzhou, in Jiangsu Province, and the second Southeast Asian low-cost airline to fly to Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province, after Scoot.
On 23 March 2018, Thai Lion Air flight SL8048 departs from Don Mueang for Changzhou at 12.10 pm, arrives in Changzhou at 5.05 pm before leaving Changzhou for Don Mueang at 6.05 pm and touching down in Don Mueang at 9.55 pm under flight SL8049 on the same day.
On 23 March 2018, Thai Lion Air flight SL8022 departs from Don Mueang for Jinan at 2.45 pm, arrives in Jinan at 8.10 pm before leaving Jinan for Don Mueang at 9.10 pm and arriving in Don Mueang at 1.15 am under flight SL8023 on 24 March 2018.
Thai Lion Air did not specify the aircraft type to be used on these new routes. It recently received its first Airbus A330 aircraft.
For further route updates, visit Thai Lion Air's web-site at www.lionairthai.com.
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Myanmar National Airlines launches its first scheduled flight from Yangon to Phuket on 25 March 2018 using one of its two Embraer E190 regional aircraft.
On 25 March 2018, Myanmar National Airlines flight UB031 departs from Yangon for Phuket at 5.55 pm, arrives in Phuket at 8.15 pm before leaving Phuket for Yangon under flight UB032 at 9.15 pm and touching down in Yangon at 11.35 pm.
Myanmar National Airlines said a B737-800 NG aircraft may be utilized on the new route later if there is a higher demand for a larger aircraft. Its flights departing to and from Phuket are on Sundays and Fridays.
The Myanmar national flag carrier's Embraer E190 aircraft also operates on routes from Yangon to Chiang Mai, Gaya and on its domestic routes.
Myanmar National Airlines plans to add B737 MAX 8 to its fleet in 2019.
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Cathay Pacific Airways announced that it will receive the first of its 20 Airbus A350-1000 jets in the spring season of 2018 for test flights. The Hong Kong airline is the second Asian airline to receive the new A350-1000 jet after Qatar Airways.
In the second half of 2018, subject to any technical delay, Cathay Pacific's A350-1000 aircraft will replace its A330 aircraft on its regular long-haul route to Sydney, among other destinations, from Hong Kong, namely flights CX110 and CX111. Besides, on 15 September 2018, its A350-1000 will launch the city's first non-stop service to Washington, the capital city of the United States.
On 15 September 2018, flight CX860 departs from Hong Kong for Washington at 6.35 pm, arrives in Washington at 12.20 am before leaving Washington for Hong Kong at 1.15 am on 16 September 2018 and touching down in Hong Kong at 5.10 am on 17 September 2018 under flight CX861.
Flights from Hong Kong to Washington are operated on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays while flights from Washington to Hong Kong take off on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
For updated flight information, visit Cathay Pacific's web-site.
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According to Hainan Airlines, it is launching thrice-weekly scheduled flight from Beijing to Tijuana and Mexico City, two cities in Mexico, on 21 March 2018 using its B787 Dreamliner aircraft.
On 21 March 2018, Hainan Airlines flight HU7925 departs from Beijing for Tijuana at 6.30 pm, transits in Tijuana at 3.55 pm local time before leaving Tijuana for Mexico City at 5.55 pm and arriving in Mexico City at 10 pm.
On 22 March 2018, flight HU7926 leaves Mexico City for Beijing via Tijuana at 12 am, transits in Tijuana at 2.15 am local time before departing from Tijuana for Beijing at 4.15 am and touching down in Beijing at 8.35 am on 23 March 2018.
Flights departing for Tijuana and Mexico City from Beijing are on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays while the outbound flights for Beijing are operated on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Hainan Airlines' new Mexico flights will bring impact to Aeromexico's China passenger traffic growth and the Mexican national flag carrier will need to evaluate its China flight network strategy.
Aeromexico has plan to launch flight to Beijing from Mexico City but the launch date is not confirmed yet. Currently, its only China link is its route connecting Mexico City and Tijuana with Shanghai-Pudong.
