The carrier plans to use its 787-9s to develop a long-haul network offering routes to North America, Europe and Australia by 2020.
Read moreFinnair’s first Airbus A350-900 will start long-haul service on November 21, when the aircraft flies from Helsinki to Shanghai.
Read moreOn October 25, Japan Airlines will launch new daily services from Tokyo Haneda Airport to Guangzhou and Shanghai and will add a second daily round-trip from Haneda to Beijing. However, on the same day it will drop its Tokyo Narita-Guangzhou service and one of two daily Narita-Beijing round-trips.
Read moreFinnair has begun selling tickets for its first long-haul services with the Airbus A350-900 and reveals its first long-haul destination with the type will be Shanghai. It has also detailed a series of shorter, intra-Europe A350-900 commercial flights it will operate in October before serving Shanghai.
Read moreAir China has announced two moves which would considerably increase its presence on routes between China and the two largest nations of Australasia, Australia and New Zealand.
Read moreHainan Airlines plans to launch three new routes between the United States and China in June and increase service frequency on three of its existing China-U.S. routes, as part of a planned large-scale expansion in the Chinese carrier’s service to North America.
Read moreDelta Air Lines is planning to begin daily service between Los Angeles International Airport and Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport on July 9, pending U.S. Department of Transportation and Chinese government approval.
Read moreThe proposed alliance between the two national flag carriers and Star Alliance partners would see Air China operate a new direct Beijing-Auckland service, in addition to Air New Zealand continuing its existing Shanghai-Auckland service.
Read moreTo be operated as part of American’s joint business agreement with fellow oneworld alliance member Japan Airlines, the new route will complement American Airlines’ existing services to Shanghai from its hubs at Los Angeles International Airport and Chicago O’Hare International Airport.
Read moreOn the day that United Airlines re-launched Boeing 787 commercial service from the airline’s hub in Houston, the carrier has provided details of new 787 services it plans to begin this summer.
Read moreDelta Air Lines plans to expand its international service and customer enhancements at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, offering benefits to its own and Alaska Airlines’ customers as a result of the alliance between the two carriers.
Read moreUnited Airlines has announced the first six international routes it will operate with its Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners, the first of which it is due to receive at the end of September.
Read moreJAL will use its Boeing 787-8 fleet to inaugurate the world’s first and only non-stop flight between San Diego and Asia on December 2, launching four-times-weekly service from Tokyo’s Narita International Airport on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
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 moreDOT Approves Codeshare Between American and China’s Hainan Airlines
Airlines February 15, 2012
The U.S. Department of Transportation has approved American Airlines’ request for a reciprocal codeshare agreement with Hainan Airlines of the People’s Republic of China.
Read moreThe new service, scheduled to begin on March 1 2012, will make Shanghai Etihad Airways’ 70th global destination.
Read moreStarting March 1, Scandinavian Airlines’ Copenhagen-Shanghai flights will operate five days each week.
Read moreScandinavian Airlines is expanding its route network in 2011 with two new long-haul routes, Newark-Oslo and Copenhagen-Shanghai. The airline is also adding more intra-Europe routes and service frequencies.
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