Austrian Airlines has taken delivery of the two Airbus Industrie A340s it ordered in 1991. They are the carrier's first ultra-long-range aircraft, and will be used on direct routes from Vienna to Tokyo, Johannesburg and Beijing. Delivery was delayed by around a year. Airbus has now delivered 51 A340s to 13 operators.
Source: Flight International
China Eastern Airlines has partnered with compatriot China Southern Airlines for what it calls a cross-airline passenger transfer service on flights between Beijing’s Daxing airport and Guangzhou.
Israeli leisure carrier Arkia has indicated that it will use Airbus A330neo twinjets on new services between Tel Aviv and New York JFK. The airline has listed a batch of flights on the route which, it says, will be operated by a chartered aircraft. Arkia identifies the aircraft type as ...
Fiji Airways has expanded its regional fleet with a pair of ATR 72-600s, which it will use to extend connectivity in the South Pacific. It received one of the turboprops on 29 December and a second on 5 January. The airline says the fleet development will support its bid to ...
