At a ceremony held on October 30 at Boeing’s plant at Everett near Seattle, Air China took delivery of the new, specially painted Boeing 777-300ER, which is the 10th of 19 777-300ERs Air China has ordered.
Read moreThe 100th A320-family aircraft assembled at Airbus’ A320 Family Final Assembly Line China was handed over on September 25 to Air China. Delivery of the milestone aircraft from the Airbus Tianjin Delivery Centre comes 39 months after the first was delivered on June 22, 2009.
Read moreThe airlines will interline at JFK and LAX and expect to begin selling interline tickets this summer. Subject to government approval, Air China plans to enter into a codeshare with JetBlue this autumn and place its ‘CA’ flight designator on flights operated by JetBlue.
Read moreTaiwan’s EVA Air Is to Join the Star Alliance
Airlines March 29, 2012
Star Alliance’s Chief Executive Board has unanimously accepted the membership application of Taiwanese carrier EVA Air, which is expected to join the alliance in mid-2013.
Read moreAs part of its effort to build a hub at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwestern China, Air China will launch a four-times-weekly Shanghai-Chengdu-Mumbai route on May 2.
Read moreU.S.-Connecting Air China Passengers Get ‘Transit Without Visa’ Status at Vancouver
AirlinesAirportsTravel Tips February 2, 2012
Under this program, Chinese citizens with valid U.S. visas who are in direct transit through Vancouver International Airport on their way to and from the United States are no longer required to obtain a Canadian Temporary Residence Permit.
Read moreAir China is introducing the Boeing 777-300ER to its Los Angeles-Beijing route on February 1. The airline will debut the Boeing 777-300ER between LAX and Beijing on its night flight, CA 984/CA983.
Read moreAir China’s southwest division will begin twice-weekly service from Sichuan province’s capital Chengdu to Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, on January 5.
Read moreAir China began daily non-stop service between Beijing and Tibet’s capital Lhasa on December 15, the flight representing the first non-stop scheduled service between the two cities.
Read moreThe new three-times-weekly service will be South African Airways’ first-ever service to China. SAA will operate the flights with Airbus A340-600s.
Read moreAir China is launching four-times-weekly, non-stop service between Beijing and Copenhagen on June 2, 2012, using Airbus A330-200s.
Read moreStar Alliance Develops New Long-Haul Economy Seat for All Its Member Airlines
AirlinesTravel Technology October 4, 2011
Air China, Austrian and Lufthansa will be the first Star Alliance member carriers to install the new economy-class seats on their long-haul fleets. Deliveries of the seats from B/E Aerospace are scheduled to begin in 2012.
Read moreThe Chinese carrier will become Star Alliance’s 32nd member and will add five new destinations to the alliance’s network in China: Juzhou in Zhejiang Province, Linyi, Qinhuangdao, Shijiazhuang, and Zhoushan.
Read moreAir China’s A330-200 Business Class cabin revamp includes upgrading each seat to a 180-degree, fully lie-flat bed and improving the in-flight entertainment system at each seat.
Read moreAir China signed the deal at the Asian Aerospace International Expo and Congress 2011 in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, Hong Kong Airlines signed a memorandum of understanding declaring its intention to expand its fleet with six 777 Freighters, 30 Boeing 787-9s and two 787-8 Intercontinental VIP aircraft.
Read moreAir China has taken delivery of a Boeing 737-800 which is the airline’s first Boeing 737NG with the new Boeing Sky Interior.
Read moreAir China will launch a second daily nonstop round-trip between Los Angeles and Beijing on September 1, operating the flight with a Boeing 747-400.
Read moreAir China Launches Its First Transit-Tourism Service, at Chengdu
AirlinesAirportsTravel Tips December 30, 2010
The airline’s Chengdu transit service provides passengers with a range of tourism services as part of the development of Air China’s Chengdu hub strategy and of Chengdu as a tourist destination.
Read moreAir China will use the 777-300ERs to expand its international routes. The carrier already had 15 Boeing 777-300ERs on order from a previous contract signed in 2007.
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