Taiwan's EVA Airways is to purchase two Airbus A330-200s and lease six more in a move that will see it adding its first Airbus aircraft to its all-Boeing fleet. The first A330 is scheduled for delivery in March 2003, and was selected over the 767-400ER. The 261-seat twinjets are planned to replace Boeing 767-200s and -300ERs on Asian routes.
Source: Airline Business
US airlines are working to get their operations back into gear after a global computer outage forced some carriers to halt all departures overnight.
Virgin Atlantic will drop its Shanghai service this winter after 25 years as it further cuts its Asia-Pacific network amid the longer flying times necessitated by not being able to overfly Russia.
Southwest Airlines and Archer Aviation have signed a memorandum of understanding to create air taxi networks in and around cities in California served by the carrier.
