Hainan Airlines

xelos · Post by **xelos** » 14 Jun 2007, 20:06

Why did Hainan Airlines cancel all there sunday flights to Beijing from Brussels?
Now still 3 flights a week left!

Xelos.

Atlantis · Post by **Atlantis** » 20 Jun 2007, 16:41

As you maybe know, Hainan Airlines leased one of their B767-300 to Ethiopian Airlines. This means that Hainan is now in a shortage of aircraft. Its only temporally that they fly three times a week to Belgium.

But I have better news for the near future. Brussels Airport announced that Hainan Airlines is going to fly again 4 times a week and this with a new A330 aircraft replacing the B767-300ER.

teach · Post by **teach** » 20 Jun 2007, 16:57

Brussels Airport announced that Hainan Airlines is going to fly again 4 times a week and this with a new A330 aircraft replacing the B767-300ER.

Great news indeed, though it's exactly what I expected they'd do! Any idea when this will start? My prediction is that it won't be too long (two or three years) before they go daily on the route.

Atlantis · Post by **Atlantis** » 20 Jun 2007, 19:20

teach wrote:
Brussels Airport announced that Hainan Airlines is going to fly again 4 times a week and this with a new A330 aircraft replacing the B767-300ER.
Any idea when this will start?

According to Brussels Airport at the beginning of the new winter schedule. I know that several Chinese carriers ordered Airbusses in 2003, also A330, but I have no clue when exact Hainan is going to receive the A330. They have ordered 7 of them.

teach · Post by **teach** » 20 Jun 2007, 19:56

The first of the five ILFC A330s arrives in November. Not sure about the two CIT ones.

spotter1102 · Post by **spotter1102** » 25 Jun 2007, 22:56

teach wrote:The first of the five ILFC A330s arrives in November. Not sure about the two CIT ones.

They are A330-200 or A330-300 ?

teach · Post by **teach** » 25 Jun 2007, 23:15

They are A330-200 or A330-300 ?

A330-200s

spotter1102 · Post by **spotter1102** » 25 Jun 2007, 23:32

teach wrote:
They are A330-200 or A330-300 ?
A330-200s

Thanks

So I can update my website !

andong · Post by **andong** » 30 Jun 2007, 04:32

winter schedule
FLT NO. Period Days Ops. Acft Local Time Remarks
OC MC
491 8108 Jun. 19--Oct. 27, 2007 246 B767A PEK 0150 0610 BRU
492 8107 246 B767A BRU 1300 0510+1 PEK
491 8108 Oct. 30--Mar. 25, 2007 26 B767A PEK 0220 0630 BRU
492 8107 26 B767A BRU 1200 0510+1 PEK
491 8108 Feb. 09, 2007 6 \ \ \ \ \ FLT CANCEL
492 8107 6 \ \ \ \ \

HU has some A330 on the books with crews training in Toulouse.

Disruption of their sunday flight on PEK-BRU-PEK was due to shortage of aircraft as they opened a San Petersburg weekly flight for the russian market (with connectrion to to Sanya where Russians are the biggest foreign market)
Extra flights to BRU (or resuming of the 4 flights a week schedule) might be offered for the summer season of 2008 (and Olympics)

info---

-First deliveries on the A330 aircraft will occur by year-end 2007 and will continue through early 2009. The Airbus aircraft will be configured with the TopSeries i-4000 audio and video on-demand system throughout all classes with Thales’ new 10.6” widescreen displays in first class and 8.9” widescreen displays in economy.-

Hainan Airlines Selects GEnx Engines for its Boeing 787 Dreamliner Fleet
EVENDALE, OH - September 14, 2006 - Hainan Airlines has selected GE-Aviation's GEnx engine to power its eight Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. The GEnx engine order is valued at more than $200 million. Aircraft delivery will begin in 2008.

Xorry · Post by **Xorry** » 30 Jun 2007, 12:44

Hi andong,

only twice weekly next winter?! Hainan will have more planes this winter but they reduce BRU flights. I don't understand.

Were will the A330 be used? (Geneva?, Boston?,Brussels?)

Thanks for the information anyway.