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Interesting, I guess this is the response to the new ETOPS regulations, and more, AA's expansion, maybe done to keep up with Delta?? Interesting news though.

Agreed. Delta definitely has the greatest presence in Europe by a long way. Asia might be great for growth potential but Europe still is ...

30 orders before the end of the year is rather unlikely unless its already been confirmed and pending announement. Air India is very likely to order for 747 replacement but only around 15-20. JAL again, very unlikely because of their history with Boeing but can't be ruled out. They definitely need ...

Cathay and Dragonair combined passengers number for Sep 2007 up 7.2% to 1.89m from a year earlier.
http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2007/10/15/afx4219011.html

Load factor of 79.0, not unusual for Cathay but very healthy.

and speculation that Cathay Paicific is eyeing Shenzhen Airlines as ...

[quote="A350XWB]
I would be disappointed if they order the 748I (pax version a design 1960 ) as opposed to A380.....emirates , sia , qantas .., sia , ba ..etc
will come at hong kong airport with A380..[/quote]

I know its silly but that's exactly the reasont i want Cathay to order A380s lol. But ...

The 'gas busters' might not be completely out of service till 2013. It all depends on where CX will put the new B773ERs. The new ones delivered this year will be used for North American expansion and if the A340-600s go next year (which they might) more 773ERs will be needed to replace them as well ...

fierce cheeks here lol

First of all, very pleased with the orders although i was expecting a slightly bigger order for A380. With over 50 B744s surely more will be ordered if indeed the A380 is to replace the 744s. Again, i also have to point out like others have, that A380, because of its size ...

Dragonair's resuming flights to Kathmandu, Nepal this December. Four times a week with A320. Loads of nepali immigrants who have so far put up with Nepal Airlines (RA) should find this a refreshing choice. With Cathay Pacific, the group will have the best conncections to North America and Japan of ...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20305697/

First flight is for Sydney, Heathrow will receive it next year in Jan.

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=mro&id=news/Drag8087.xml&headline=Dragonair%20Closes%20Engineering%20Department

Dragonair's engeneering department has been closed down as HAECO takes over maintainance duties of Dragonair fleet too. Was rather inevitable as one aim ...

Well deserved.
The result probably doesn't mean much but I do think HKG is the best major airport in the world.

can be done in a all-business configuration i think. Maybe not possible with ordicary 3 class layout.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Transportation/Air_India_all_set_to_join_Star_Alliance/articleshow/2264007.cms

While it all sounds exciting, there are many setbacks involved in joining such a massive alliance. I for one would say Air India's best way to joining the leading ...

Cathay Pacific posted a net profit of HKD 2.58b (£162m, $330m) for the first half of 2007, a 55% increase from last year.

http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSHKG909520070808?pageNumber=1
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aplE_k5aR1RM&refer=asia

Priority now obviously is to ...

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/08/07/215947/singapore-airlines-considers-all-business-for-airbus.html

Singapore Airline is assessing converting the current ultra long haul A340-500 flights to New York and Los Angeles into all business class service, basically cutting out the Executive ...

Cathay Pacific ordered five more B777-300ERs bringing the total to 23. Deliveries begin in 2011.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/07/business/AS-FIN-Cathay-Pacific-Boeing-Order.php
They are probably for B744 replacements

Also, Dragonair to launch daily flights to Fukuoka and relaunch service ...

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/08/ ... 75061.html

They say its because VS hasn't produced returns they expected.

Hong Kong Airlines signed a memorandum of understanding for 51 Airbus aircraft at the Paris Air Show in June.

I wasn't aware of that. Can anyone confirm it?

I do hope Cathay decide to buy the A380s, however few. I can't imagine Cathay planning to buy any A350s for anything apart from A330/B777 ...

Well, you can't have your cake and eat it too, can you?
Airlines are mostly using the B757s on transatlantic routes where demand is too low to operate widebodies. If they were forced to operate larger aircrafts on routes like PHL-GLA and ERW-BFS, there wouldn't be any service at all.
There is always ...

Cathay has 12 A330s delivered between 1995-98, if the older A330s were indeed to be replaced, they would be the first to go. At the moment, Cathay has 5 A330 deliveries pending over the next 2 years, during which they will surely want to expand their regional operations. So i doubt any of the older ...

its amazing how Swiss has turned around since Lufthansa took over the company. Its going from strength to strength and it says here that now Swiss is actually more profitable than Lufthansa.