Air China plans to start a new non-stop service between Wuhan and Macau from 15 January.
It will operate Airbus A320 aircraft on the route four times a week, says a spokesman.
Air China will be the only carrier operating on the route. The airline's website shows that passengers now transit at Xiamen or Beijing to travel between Wuhan and Macau.
Source: Air Transport Intelligence news
IAG unit British Airways is continuing to work through the challenges on its Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-powered Boeing 787s which prompted it to remove some its planned winter capacity, while remaining on the lookout for options to bolster its long-haul fleet.
Airport operator Fraport says costs at its flagship airport in Frankfurt are hindering growth and preventing the facility from returning to its pre-Covid-19 passenger figures.
While a slower recovery and strong competition has hit Lufthansa Group’s passenger operations on Asia-Pacific routes since the pandemic, the carrier is shifting more of its freighter capacity to tap strong cargo demand from the region.
