Latest Issue: July/August'08
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Cover Story
Competition to heat up
in LLC segment in Korea
Competition in South Korea’s low cost
airline segment will heat up later this
month (July) when a third low cost carrier
(LCC), Jin Air starts operations.
The other two LCCs are Cheongjubased
Hangsung Airlines and Jeju-based
Jeju Air. Wholly-owned by Korean Air, Jin
Air was before its launch on June 16
known as Air Korea. In Chinese ‘Jin’ means genuine.
Jin Air ceo Jae Jun Kim said the carrier
was renamed so as not to confuse
the market with its parent company, Korean
Air. “We wanted an identity of our
own,” said Jae.
The airline’s target market is the late
teens to young executives. Jin Air which
will be based at the Gimpo International
Airport (GIA) in Seoul will start operations
on July 17 initially with one 737-
800 aircraft offering four daily flights to
Jeju, a popular island resort.
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Technology
JAL plans demonstration
flight with 2nd- Generation Biofuel
Japan Airlines (JAL) will make an attempt
for the search for a viable, sustainable,
second-generation biofuel for commercial
use by the aviation industry.
With the cooperation of Boeing and
Pratt & Whitney, the airline will have a
demonstration flight to accelerate current
research and development towards this
end.
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Air Transport
Qantas to introduce Airbus A380 services
Qantas will introduce twice weekly nonstop
Airbus A380-800 flights between
Australia and Los Angeles starting October
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One flight each will operate from Melbourne and Sydney. With the introduction of a second A380 in the airline’s fleet in November, Qantas will offer twice weekly flights on the Melbourne - Los Angeles route and thrice weekly Sydney- Los Angeles.
The A380 would also be deployed on selected flights from Sydney to Singapore and London early next year.
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Airports
 >SELEX commissions ATC
systems in India
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>Change of plan for second Beijing airport
>Guilin Airport to be expanded
>Terminal 3 at Soekarno-Hatta Airport to open
>Mohe Airport opens
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Aviation Watch
>Air Astana orders six
A320s
>Cebu Pacific offers credit to government agencies
>Destructive testing completed
>Indonesia passes ‘new ruling’
>Eagle Air start-up delayed
>Boeing moves Dreamliner for fatigue testing’
>JAL and Vietnam Airlines to start code share flights
>China Airlines, China Southern ink agreement
>AirAsia launches daily flights to Makassar
>Star Alliance invites
Continental Airlines for membership
>Boeing completes
787 Dreamliner
Power on
>SIA takes delivery of fifth A380
>MEA takes delivery of A330-200
>Airbus transports aircraft segments
>Three airlines plead guilty to price fixing
>Biman orders four 737-800s
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>China Postals Airlines plans expansion
>China Southern to lease 10 Airbus A330s
>Thai AirAsia projects another loss
>SIA opens lounge in Suvarnabhumi Airport
>New Cargo carrier launched
>Air One orders 24 Airbus aircraft
>China Southern to suspend four routes
>AAPA member airlines register’s traffic growth in May
>Airbus selects lead logistics and transport providers
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Business Jets
> TWC Aviation orders two Cessna
Citation Columbus Business Jets |
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Cargo News
>ANA takes delivery of first 767-300BCF
Engines
>Rolls-Royce forecasts business aviation growth
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Air Transport
> PAL Express: New regional airline
>Korean Air in cost cutting exercise
>Far Eastern Air Transport grounded
>AVIC I and AVIC II
to be merged
>Garuda calls for
consolidation of
Indonesian carriers
>Indonesia rules
out securing the
services of SIA
>New
Chinese
airline to be
set up
>Three airlines keen to join Skyteam
>Airbus needs time for restructuring
and divestment of strategy
>Qantas reduces capacity on
international routes
>China’s new aircraft rolls out
>PAL to take delivery
of aircraft as scheduled
>IT solutions needed to battle
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MRO
>GE Malaysia in expansion mode
>ST Aerospace completes acquisition
>AMECO secures line
maintenance contract
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