- Boeing Shanghai Aviation Service Expects Its Pudong Hangar to Be Operational in 2009[Oct. 22, 2007]
Boeing Shanghai Aviation Service Co., a JV launched last year by Boeing, Shanghai Airlines and Shanghai Airport Group, expects its hangar at Pudong to be operational in 2009, company CEO Timothy Premselaar said.
- Hainan Airlines to Enhance Urumqi Hub[Oct. 22, 2007]
Hainan Airlines began construction of a new base at its Urumqi hub that will feature a hangar, warehouses, catering facility, flight crew and office building and a maintenance facility.
- Airbus to Offer A350 Self-Darkening Windows[Oct. 18, 2007]
Airbus is to follow the lead of the Boeing 787 and offer electronic self-darkening windows on its A350XWB family. The airframer has also developed a two-part software architecture that contains its in-flight entertainment system.
- South Korea to Allow Hikes in Airline Fuel Surcharges[Oct. 22, 2007]
On Oct. 22, South Korean officials said that the government plans to allow domestic airlines and freight companies to increase their fuel surcharges due to the rapidly increasing international oil prices.
- Cebu Pacific Offers P1 Seats for Cebu Domestic Hub Operations; Adds Flights for Cebu-Davao[Oct. 22, 2007]
Cebu Pacific (CEB) offers P1 seats for its service from Cebu to Bacolod, Clark, Davao, Kalibo, and Puerto Princesa.
- Singapore Airlines to Increase Fuel Surcharge[Oct. 19, 2007]
As a result of a sustained escalation in the price of jet fuel in recent months, Singapore Airlines will increase its fuel surcharge for tickets issued on or after October 24, 2007. The new levels will apply to Singapore Airlines and SilkAir flights as follows:
- Air Canada Plane Makes Unauthorized Runway Entry as JAL Plane Arrives at Kansai[Oct. 22, 2007]
On Oct. 20, an Air Canada passenger plane, bound for Vancouver, entered a runway at Kansai International Airport without traffic control permission just before a Japan Airlines plane was about to land on the runway, but an accident was averted after the JAL plane aborted its landing, the transport ministry said on Oct. 21.
- Citi Consortium to Buy Aeromexico[Oct. 19, 2007]
The Mexican Government plans to sell its majority stake in airline company Consorcio Aeromexico SAB to a group of investors that includes Citigroup's local unit Banamex.
- Wait, Look at This, Qantas Union Tells Passengers[Oct. 22, 2007]
The Australian Services Union has begun screening TV ads on what it says is a downgrading of service standards at the airline, which it hopes will be beamed straight into Qantas lounges across Australia.
- Japan's ANA Says to Book US$191 Million Special Loss[Oct. 18, 2007]
All Nippon Airways Co, Japan's second-largest airline, said it would book a special loss of 22.3 billion yen (US$191 million) due to additional depreciation costs following a review of how it values its fleet.