Orient Aviation’s Week in the Asia-Pacific
By Asia Editor, Will Horton
Welcome to the first edition of Orient Aviation’s Week in the Asia-Pacific for 2019. Each week we will report on the most important Asia-Pacific commercial aviation news of the last seven days – and add insights into the thinking that shaped those decisions. We strive to make our information accessible, informative and most importantly, accurate.
Christine McGee
Publisher and editor-in-chief
Orient Aviation Media Group
Hong Kong
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Juneyao Air goes long-haul to Helsinki and Australia with B787
It is not easy for China’s new cohort of long-haul airlines to live in the shadows of the Mainland’s state-owned behemoths. Read More »
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Emirates A380 cancellations shift route patterns in Asia-Pacific
The A380 was making news in the Asia-Pacific long before Emirates cancelled its remaining order and Airbus terminated the programme this week. Read More »
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Hong Kong Airlines cancels Auckland – start of a restructuring?
Hong Kong Airlines (HKA) will withdraw services to Auckland from 22 May this year. The route was launched in November 2016 and is being flown five to seven times a week with a 283-seat A330-200. Read More »
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U.S. embraces A220 as established customer Korean Air develops the aircraft’s network niche
Delta debuted its A220 in the U.S. domestic market to unequivocally positive coverage. Read More »
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Vietnam receives FAA Cat 1, but flight strategy yet to change
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted Vietnam Category 1 status, which allows Vietnamese airlines to serve the U.S. with their own metal and also to codeshare. Read More »
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All Nippon Airways a winner with bargain Philippine Airlines investment
By investing in Philippine Airlines (PAL), All Nippon Airways (ANA) is delivering on a strategy and a promise to investors to expand its business beyond slow growing Japan. Read More »
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Emirates is China Southern’s second Gulf partner
China Southern fattened up right before the Year of the Pig, signing a MoU to codeshare with Emirates. Read More »
