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Hong Kong joins A320 club ensure that we are able to of-
fer the best possible in-flight
experience, while benefitting
Hong Kong Airlines has be- ing Hong Kong with destina- body fleet to 10 aircraft, from the economic efficiency
come the latest operator of tions in mainland China, and comprising seven A330-200 offered by these modern air-
Airbus single aisle aircraft, North and South East Asia. passenger aircraft and three craft types.”
following the delivery of its Hong Kong Airlines has A330-200F freighters. Airbus has increased the
first A320. also taken delivery of its “With the delivery of our average list prices of its air-
The aircraft is the first of latest long range A330-200, first A320 and the new all- craft by 3.9%, except for the
30 A320s ordered by the air- featuring a new all-premi- premium class A330 Hong A320neo Family price which
line and is powered by CFM um class layout for just 116 Kong Airlines will consoli- rises by an average of 6.1%.
International’s CFM 56 en- passengers. The aircraft will date further its position as a The new pricing is effective
gines. Seating 152 passengers be used to launch new non- premier full-service carrier,” from January 1st 2012.
in two classes, the A320s will stop services to London. said Yang Jian Hong, Presi- “Our new pricing re-
be operated across the car- The delivery increases the dent, Hong Kong Airlines. flects the strong demand
rier’s regional network, link- carrier’s in-service wide- “The on-board features will for our modern, eco-effi-
cient aircraft families,” said
John Leahy, Airbus COO,
Customers.“With competi-
tion amongst carriers heat-
ing up, any tool that helps cut
their costs will pay handsome
dividends. The A320neo of-
fers a 15% fuel cost savings,
making it the blue chip single
aisle aircraft investment by
anyone’s standards.”

HAECO Signs ITM Ameco WLAN

Service Contract first for China

Ameco Beijing installed Boeing777.
Hong Kong Aircraft Engi- ability management, supply the first in-flight WLAN Under FAA and EASA
neering Company Limited chain management, technical in China. The system rules, all registered air-
(HAECO) has signed a deal services, and comprehensive was installed on an Air craft under the two ad-
with Cathay Pacific to pro- 24/7 Aircraft-on-Ground China Boeing 737-800. ministrations need to
vide Inventory Technical (AOG) support, covering Air China is the first to install NGS ahead of
Management (ITM) servic- Boeing 747-8F peculiar com- provide such an onboard December 2017 and Sep-
es for the airline’s fleet of 10 ponents for Cathay Pacific’s service in China. tember 2022, respectively.
new Boeing 747-8 freight- Hong Kong base and its line The installation will NGS substantially reduc-
ers, to be delivered between station network. enable passengers to es aircraft center fuel tank
2011 and 2012. HAECO says that with the browse more programs flammability by introduc-
The contract was signed efficiencies resulting from via WLAN with portable ing nitrogen-enriched air
by Christopher Gibbs, Engi- pooling inventory resources IFE set. to lower the oxygen con-
neering Director of Cathay and HAECO’s technical ca- Ameco has also start- centration. The safety of
Pacific and Summit Chan, pabilities, the company is ed to provide Nitro- aircraft currently in-ser-
Commercial Director of well positioned to capture gen Generation System vice can be enhanced by
HAECO. additional business oppor- (NGS) modification on a NGS modification.
The ITM service includes tunities for the Boeing 747-8
inventory management, reli- freighters in the future.

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