Etihad Airways, the national carrierof the United Arab Emirates, is to introducelarger aircraft on its Kuala Lumpur-Abu Dhabi route due to strong demand,Bernama News Agency reported. The Boeing 777-300ER will replacethe Airbus A340-300 aircraft that iscurrently being used on the route andthe cargo capacity also increases to 20tonnes, the airline said. Etihad Airways country managerhere, Lindsay White, said since theservice began just over two monthsago, "we have seen an astonishing … [Read more...] about MALAYSIA: Etihad to use B777 on its KL service
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MALAYSIA: DHL Express aims to increase market share
DHL Express (Malaysia) aims toincrease its market share by anotherone to two per cent by end of this year,the Business Times reported. The company currently leads thelocal express delivery market withmore than 40 per cent market share.Its plans for the year include doublingthe number of DHL service points tosix by end-2007. With these service points, customerscan easily pick up or drop off packages.The service centre has a built-up costof RM21 million and features, amongothers, a fully … [Read more...] about MALAYSIA: DHL Express aims to increase market share
Virgin’s Asian agenda
Though it has had routes to Asiasince its earliest days, Virgin Atlantic,the UK's second long-haul carrier, isnot inappropriately named. Even todaythe airline moves two thirds of itscargo tonnage on transatlantic routes– 62.6 percent of it in the ten monthsto January, to be precise. However, that share has decreasedsince 9/11, before which over 70 percentof tonnage was trans-Altantic, anda major beneficiary has been Asia. 29.4percent of tonnage came from Asianroutes in the ten months to … [Read more...] about Virgin’s Asian agenda
Virgin's Asian agenda
Though it has had routes to Asiasince its earliest days, Virgin Atlantic,the UK's second long-haul carrier, isnot inappropriately named. Even todaythe airline moves two thirds of itscargo tonnage on transatlantic routes– 62.6 percent of it in the ten monthsto January, to be precise. However, that share has decreasedsince 9/11, before which over 70 percentof tonnage was trans-Altantic, anda major beneficiary has been Asia. 29.4percent of tonnage came from Asianroutes in the ten months to … [Read more...] about Virgin's Asian agenda
Tiger Airways to launch Australian airline
Singapore's Tiger Airways plansto launch a new domestic Australianairline to compete with local carriersQantas and Virgin Blue. Tiger Airways, a low-fare airline partlyowned by Singapore Airlines, said it wasseeking regulatory approval to establisha third domestic airline. The carriermodels itself on Irish no-frills carrierRyanair with a strategy of undercuttingrival airlines with cheaper fares. "Fares are too high in Australia.We see the opportunity to deliver consistentlylow fares … [Read more...] about Tiger Airways to launch Australian airline
Airnautic proves there is still a place for the independent
With companies such as ECS andAir Logistics trumpeting the benefitsof multinational GSAs, is there still aplace in the world for single countryGSAs? L¨¦on Meier, president of Airnautic,one of Switzerland's oldest GSAs andrepresentative in that country of ChinaSouthern, Air New Zealand and BimanBangladesh, certainly thinks so.With a history dating back to 1958, hesays the company has an unrivalledknowledge of the Swiss market, anda depth that the multinational GSAscannot match. For … [Read more...] about Airnautic proves there is still a place for the independent