- Cathay Pacific and Finnair to Cooperate on Services[Feb. 13, 2008]
On February 13, Cathay Pacific and oneworld alliance partner Finnair announced a new code-share arrangement that will see the two airlines cooperate on flights between Helsinki and three key European hubs. The agreement also sees the airlines sharing codes on flights between Hong Kong and Australia.
- China Southern Expands Self-Service Check-in Options to More Cities[Feb. 05, 2008]
China Southern Airlines, one of the largest airlines in the People's Republic of China and a new member of SkyTeam global airline alliance, has been trying to make more passengers' air travel experience smoother by introducing innovative self-service check-in options at more ports on its domestic network.
- Post-Spring Festival Travel Peak Begins with 660,000 Airline Passengers Expected on Feb. 12[Feb. 12, 2008]
The start of China's post-Spring Festival travel peak proved a relatively smooth affair as no major traffic problems were reported on Feb. 12 at a time when millions were returning to their place of work.
- Cross-Strait Charter Flights Resumed at Guangzhou[Feb. 11, 2008]
On Feb. 11, a plane of TransAsia Airways with 157 passengers aboard took off from Taipei at 1:05 p.m. and touched down about one and a half hours' later in China's southern city of Guangzhou, marking the start of cross-strait charter flights after the Spring Festival.
- Coming in June: Nonstop Seattle-to-Beijing Flights[Feb. 10, 2008]
Hainan Airlines will offer nonstop service between Seattle and Beijing beginning June 9.
- Macau: Seventy Thousand Tourists Arrive via Air During Lunar New Year[Feb. 11, 2008]
According to information from the Macau airport, tourist arrivals via air during the Lunar New Year reached seventy thousand passengers.
- Cathay Pacific to Resume Flights to Colombo[Feb. 11, 2008]
On February 11, Cathay Pacific Airways announced that it will resume its passenger services to and from Colombo, the capital city of Sri Lanka, with effect from March 30, 2008. The airline will operate a daily service using a Boeing 777-300 aircraft routed through either Bangkok or Singapore.
- Cross-Strait Charter Flights Depart From Xiamen on Schedule[Feb. 11, 2008]
On Feb. 11, two cross-strait charter flights departed on schedule from Xiamen in southeast Fujian Province in the afternoon.
- Hong Kong-Listed Cathay Pacific to Resume Colombo Flights on March 30[Feb. 11, 2008]
Cathay Pacific Airways said it will resume passenger services between Hong Kong and Colombo, Sri Lanka's capital city, on March 30.
- EVA Air Gives Evergreen Club Members Automatic Text Message Flight Updates[Dec. 05, 2007]
EVA Air's Evergreen Club members can now register once for a lifetime of Global Flight Information Short Message Service. The handy text messaging service is delivered via passengers' mobile phones. By simply signing up the one time and providing their Evergreen Club membership number every time they book an EVA flight, passengers get automatic text messages that keep them up-to-date on flight status prior to take-off.