Monday 31 August 2020

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Inflight Pictures by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA




























 

EL AL Israel Airlines takes off for Abu Dhabi successfully on 31 August 2020

 Report by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA

Image courtesy : Benjamin Netanyahu


According to The Times of Israel and the tweet of Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu, EL AL Israel Airlines dedicated a special check-in counter for its first scheduled charter flight to Abu Dhabi on 31 August 2020.

EL AL flight LY971 successfully departed from Tel Aviv for Abu Dhabi at 11.21 am local time using Boeing B737-900 named "Peace".

Onboard flight LY971 are passengers that comprise the Israeli- American delegation including the US Presidential Adviser Jared Kushner, US National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien and Head of Israel's National Security Council Meir Ben-Shabbat.

Congratulations to EL AL Israel Airlines on its historic flight to Abu Dhabi on 31 August 2020!

Image courtesy : Jack Guez / AFP

Ref : EL AL Israel Airlines plans historic flight to Abu Dhabi on 31 August 2020, https://kucinta-air.blogspot.com/2020/08/el-al-israel-airlines-plans-historic.html

Saturday 29 August 2020

LongJiang Airlines will be auctioned on 29 September 2020

Report by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA



According to company data, LongJiang Airlines will be auctioned on 29 September 2020.

According to LongJiang Airlines, the Intermediate People’s Court of Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province will conduct a public auction on the JD network judicial auction platform from 10 am on 29 September 2020 to 10 am on 30 September 2020 (except for delays). The auction target is part of the equity value project of LongJiang Airlines Co., Ltd. shareholders (Harbin Yaxiang Aviation Construction Investment Co., Ltd. holds 61% of Longjiang Airlines and Harbin Xiangyu Gold Products Sales Co., Ltd. holds 37% of LongJiang Airlines, total 98% equity).

According to the appraisal report, the book value of net assets of LongJiang Airlines  as of 31 August 2019 on the appraisal base date is 411.8354 million RMB. After the appraisal, the value of all shareholders' equity was 419.2998 million RMB, and the appraised value added was 7.4644 million RMB, and the appreciation rate is 1.81%.

The announcement showed that the estimated price of the auction is 410,913,800 RMB, the starting price is 328,731,400 RMB, the deposit is 65,746,208 RMB, and the price increase is 500,000 RMB.

LongJiang Airlines Co., Ltd. is established on 3 September 2014 and headquartered in Harbin, Heilongjiang. The company mainly operates air passenger and cargo transportation from Harbin to relevant domestic cities. On 9 February 2017, LongJiang Airlines obtained the its AOC and the corresponding "Operation Specifications" of the CCAR-121 Department of the CAAC. It is the first local airline in Heilongjiang Province approved by the Civil Aviation Administration. Harbin - Hefei -Zhuhai are the first two routes launched by LongJiang Airlines. LongJiang Airlines currently operates local routes to and from cities such as Hefei, Zhuhai, Yinchuan, Lanzhou and Urumqi.

Between 20 June and 21 July 2020, LongJiang Airlines introduced two new A320s on its routes. Currently, it has a fleet of 3 A320s and 2 A321s. LongJiang Airlines can be said to be the airline with the most difficult fate in recent years. There have been rumors of bankruptcy many times before.


EL AL Israel Airlines plans historic flight to Abu Dhabi on 31 August 2020

 Report by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA


According to EL AL Israel Airlines, the Israeli national flag carrier plans to operate its first historic charter flight from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, on 31 August 2020 using its B737-900 aircraft.

On 31 August 2020, EL AL flight LY971 plans to depart from Tel Aviv for Abu Dhabi at 10 am and touch down in Abu Dhabi at 2.35 pm where it will taxi overnight before leaving Abu Dhabi for Tel Aviv at 12.30 pm on 1 September 2020 and arriving in Tel Aviv at 3.15 pm under flight LY972.

The flight numbers are significant. 971 is the international country dialing code for the UAE while 972 is the international country dialing code for Israel.

EL AL Israel Airlines did not reveal the weekly frequency of the returned flight at press time and the mentioned flight timings under bilateral approval are subject to change without notice. 

According to The Times of Israel, Israel's Foreign Ministry as of 28 August 2020 was negotiating with Saudi Arabia over the possibility of LY971 flying over Saudi airspace and the matter is not final.

Checks with Israel Airports Authority's official web-site flight status database on 30 August 2020 show that LY971 is not a scheduled commercial flight. EL AL Israel Airlines resumes scheduled commercial flights to Addis Ababa and Zurich during the pandemic on 1 September 2020 under flight numbers LY8807 and LY8853.


Wednesday 26 August 2020