Thai Lion Air plans to launch eight-times weekly Bangkok Don Mueang-Hanoi service on 24 March, followed by four-times weekly Bangkok Don Mueang-Nanchang service on 1 April.
The low-cost carrier will deploy Boeing 737s on the two routes.
FlightGlobal schedules data shows that from Bangkok Don Mueang, the airline will compete with NewGen Airways on the route to Nanchang, and with Nok Air and Thai AirAsia on flights to Hanoi.
Source: Cirium Dashboard
Japan Airlines reported an increase in its second-quarter earnings, amid an uplift in revenue across its business units and despite a rise in operating costs.
HAECO and Comac have signed a memorandum of understanding to expand airframe, engine and component MRO services.
ANA Holdings has maintained its full-year earnings forecast amid strong inbound and domestic passenger travel demand, even as its half-year profit slipped.
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has tentatively awarded 10 hotly contested slots for long-distance domestic flights out of Ronald Reagan National airport in Washington, DC.
British Airways has pushed back its planned return to Kuala Lumpur until April as part of a trimming of its winter long-haul flight programme due to delivery delays particularly impacting its Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-powered Boeing 787s.
Delta Air Lines plans next summer to resume flights from Los Angeles to Shanghai and to launch a route from Minneapolis to Copenhagen, part of the airline’s broader network shuffle.
