- China Will Lift Jet Fuel Surcharges[Aug. 28, 2006]
China will lift jet fuel surcharges for the second time in a year on domestic flights to help air carriers cope with the impact of soaring oil prices.
- Air Marshals to Get US Training[Aug. 30, 2006]
The first batch of Chinese air marshal forces are expected to fly to the United States next month for a two-week anti-terror training programme, the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) said on its website yesterday.
- CES Reports Losses of RMB1.46b in H1[Aug. 29, 2006]
China Eastern Airlines, one of the country's three major airlines, reported losses of 1.46 billion yuan (US$182.5 million) in the first six months of this year, China Business News said Tuesday.
- International Airlines Flock to Vietnam[Aug. 29, 2006]
Two important events to come about soon, Vietnam's admission to the World Trade Organisation, and the visa waiver among ASEAN members, are luring international airlines to Vietnam.
- China Eastern Sees Wider Loss[Aug. 29, 2006]
China Eastern Airlines Corp. said its first-half net loss nearly tripled over a year earlier, as the carrier grappled with rising fuel prices.
- Virgin Blue Partners with Malaysia Airlines[Aug. 29, 2006]
Malaysia Airlines and Virgin Blue today announced a comprehensive interline agreement which will provide travellers with seamless connectivity between 22 Australian cities and centres to Malaysia Airlines' international flights departing and arriving Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane in Phase 1, followed by Adelaide and Perth.
- Virgin Blue's Live In-flight TV Takes Off[Aug. 28, 2006]
The days of pre-recorded and pre-censored in-flight entertainment and news bulletins are now officially over...for Virgin Blue travellers anyway. In an Australian first, Virgin Blue Guests will now be able to watch live television at 40,000 feet following the launch today of Virgin Blue's first aircraft fully fitted out with the revolutionary "live2air" product.
- China Eastern Ensures Food Safety[Aug. 24, 2006]
In order to improve the service quality further and ensure airline food safety, China Eastern Jiangxi Branch Company is presently in the authentication process of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) quality management system centered around inflight catering's key control points of imperiling analysis. On 22th August, the company held a mobilisation meeting on the authentication process of HACCP quality management system. (Translation: CARNOC - Tao Mengping)
- CR Airways Launches Hong Kong-Changsha Route[Aug. 21, 2006]
WD Ren, the new chairman of Hong Kong-based CR Airways, released that: "The scale of CR Airways fleet will increase to 50 aircrafts within the next five years." (Picture: Takungpao)
- Europe's Ryanair Files 5.7 Million Claim[Aug. 28, 2006]
Ryanair followed through on its threat Friday and submitted a claim for compensation worth just over 3 million ($5.7 million) to the UK Dept. for Transport.The LCC said the figure reflects its losses from cancellations and lost bookings over the week of Aug. 10-16. It insisted it does not want to profit from the operation and committed to donating all proceeds received from a successful claim to the Orbis charity, which is fighting to eliminate avoidable blindness in the developing world. Ryanair received negative publicity last year after removing nine visually impaired passengers from a flight to Italy. It said at the time it could handle no more than four such passengers per flight, but revised its policies afterward (ATWOnline, Nov. 18).