Hong Kong Airlines begins Gold Coast and Vancouver services
Hong Kong Airlines has relaunched services to Gold Coast, Australia, with four flights per week across January 17 to February 15, 2025 operated by an A330 aircraft with both business and economy-class seating.
The resumption of the Gold Coast route marks Hong Kong Airlines’ first step back into the long-haul market.
The airline also marked January with another service resumption – to Vancouver, Canada on an A330-300 aircraft with both business and economy-class seating.
Air Astana fliest to Mumbai
Air Astana is celebrating 20 years of connecting Kazakhstan and India by expanding its services with a new Almaty-Mumbai route launching on April 20, 2025. Since entering the Indian market in 2004, the airline has steadily expanded its presence and now operates nine weekly flights to Delhi from Almaty, with a regular increase in frequencies during the summer.
Flights to Mumbai will be operated on an Airbus aircraft three times a week on Sundays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Korean Air introduces A350 to fleet
Korean Air has started operations of Airbus A350-900, with the first aircraft flying the Seoul Incheon-Osaka route on January 27.
The second A350-900 will serve the Seoul Incheon-Fukuoka route once daily.
The addition of the A350-900 to Korean Air’s fleet addresses growing passenger demand, and will strengthen the carrier’s fleet capacity as it continues its integration with Asiana Airlines. Initially deployed on short-haul routes to Japan, the A350-900 will begin servicing Taipei in March, and long-haul destinations, including Madrid and Rome, in the second half of the year.
The aircraft’s superior fuel efficiency and reduced carbon emissions compared to similar aircraft is expected to advance Korean Air’s sustainability efforts.
PAL connects with Beijing
Philippine Airlines (PAL) will begin thrice weekly direct flights to Beijing Capital International Airport on March 30, 2025. The service will be operated on Airbus A321 aircraft offering both Business Class and Economy services, with a capacity of 168 to 199 seats.
With this, PAL will connect the Philippines with four cities in China. In addition to Beijing, PAL operates daily flights each to Shanghai (Pudong), Xiamen, and Quanzhou (Jinjiang) from Manila.