Zipair's decal livery appears until spring, new official logo livery takes over

Report, images by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA

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According to Zipair Tokyo, its decal livery, which consists of a geometric horizontal zip pattern covering the capital letter Z on the tails of its 787-8 fleet, is appearing until spring. Meanwhile, two out of four of its 787-8 Dreamliners has completed repainting to show the vertial geometric zip pattern, the official logo and they are operating on the routes from Narita to Changi, Suvarnabhumi and Incheon.

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Zipair flies to Changi, Suvarnabhumi, Incheon, Honolulu, Los Angeles and San Jose from Narita currently. 

The news shows the different sights of a 787-8 showing the geometric horizontal zip pattern and at the end of the series, four pictures of the new logo livery on the Zipair 787-8's tail that take effects from spring now.

Decal livery (temporary):-

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Official new livery:

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Former livery:

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In light of the Russia-Ukraine war, the original "Z" logo on Zipair's 787-8 tail was removed to prove that Zipair is not a pro-Russia airline.

Juneyao Air adds Sunday flight to Changi from Pudong from 5 February 2023

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Juneyao Air is adding third frequency from Pudong to Changi from 5 February 2023 to meet increasing demand for flights to Singapore.

On 5 February 2023, Juneyao Air flight HO1605 leaves Pudong for Changi at 9.01 am (scheduled time 8.50 am), touches down in Changi at 2.21 pm (scheduled time 2.10 pm) before leaving Changi Terminal 4 for Pudong at scheduled time 3.35 pm  and arriving in Pudong at 8.40 pm under flight HO1606.

Juneyao Air flies to Changi from Pudong on Sundays with its Airbus A321neo while it operates flights to Changi from Pudong with its 787-9 Dreamliners on Mondays and Fridays.

Inflight Pictures : ANA Air Japan under rain and sun

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Inflight Pictures : All Nippon Airways in Changi Terminal 1

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Inflight Pictures : ANA and the bird

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Jiangxi Air launches commercial flight to Hong Kong from Nanchang on 2 February 2023

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Jiangxi Air, the Nanchang-based subsidiary of XiamenAir, launches commercial passenger flight from Nanchang to Hong Kong on 2 February 2023. It is the only flight operator on the route to Hong Kong.

The outbound flight from Nanchang to Hong Kong operates on Fridays and Sundays.

According to schedules, Jiangxi Air flight RY8919 takes off from Nanchang for Hong Kong at 3.50 pm, touches down in Hogn Kong at 5.20 pm before leaving Hong Kong for Nanchang at 6.20 pm and arriving in Nanchang at 7.45 pm under flight RY8920.

Jiangxi Air's B737-800, as seen in Guiyang in the news picture, operates the flights to Hong Kong.

Tickets are initially sold through code sharing, and the sales flight code is MF9421/MF9422.

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QantasLink launches its third A320 charter flight to Changi on 31 January 2023

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On 31 January 2023, QantasLink launches its first charter flight of the year 2023 from Perth to Singapore Changi Airport. On that day, QantasLink's A320 flight NWK6064 departs from Perth for Changi at 9.07 am and touches down in Changi under heavy rain at 2.35 pm. The A320 aircraft utilized for this route is registered VH-UVK.

As of 2 February 2023, VH-UVK is still parking at Changi.

The code NWK stands for Network Aviation and the flights are code-shared with QantasLink. 

Network Aviation, that runs emergency freight, corporate charters and mining charter flights in Australia, is the first domestic Australian airline to operate charter flights to Singapore under the QantasLink banner.

QantasLink flies to Changi from Perth with its Airbus A320 aircraft. 

According to FlightRadar24, on 9 December 2022, QantasLink's second A320 aircraft (VH-VQU) departs from Perth for Changi at 8.20 am and lands in Changi at 1.48 pm while on 1 February 2023, flight NWK6065 operated by VH-VQU leaves Changi for Perth at 8.36 am and arrives in Perth at 2.05 pm.

QantasLink's first A320 aircraft (VH-UVP) leaves Changi for Perth at 8.52 am and arrives in Perth at 2.25 pm on 28 November 2022 but the organizer for these flights is not identified.

The 31 January 2023 flight marks the first time QantasLink is identified as the organizer of the A320 flights.

Meanwhile, on 23 June 2023, QantasLink plans to launch scheduled passenger flight from Darwin to Changi with Alliance Airlines' Embraer E190 aircraft, according to AeroRoutes. However, flight tickets are not available for sale on Qantas' web-site as of 2 February 2023.

HK Express completes its first anniversary of Singapore inaugural flight on 1 February 2023

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Congratulations to HK Express on its first anniversary of Singapore inaugural flight on 1 February!

1 February 2023 is the first anniversary of the inaugural scheduled flight of HK Express to Singapore Changi Airport.

On 1 February 2022, HK Express flight UO780 departs from Hong Kong for Changi at 12.35 pm, touches down in Singapore at 4.25 pm before leaving Changi Airport Terminal 1 for Hong Kong at 6 pm and arriving in Hong Kong at 10.05 pm under flight UO781.

Images above and below : The inaugural flight is operated with HK Express' A320neo jet. (Researcher's Pictures)

HK Express has never for once operated any A320ceo flight to Changi. Nowadays, it operates daily A320neo flights to Changi.

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These days, the A320neo of HK Express arrives in Changi Terminal 4 at 7.10 pm after departing from Hong Kong at 3.20 pm. It leaves Changi for Hong Kong at 8.15 pm.

With the adoption of the new logo, hopefully HK Express will operate A321neo flights to Changi after June 2023 as the demand for Singapore flights surges.