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Second Sukhoi SSJ100
for Sky
Indonesian carrier Sky Aviation has taken
delivery of its second Sukhoi SuperJet
100 (SSJ100). The 100-seater regional
aircraft will be used to extend Sky’s
network on routes connecting various
Cebu Pacific Air to lease more A330s Indonesian islands across the 18,000
Cebu Pacific Air (CEB) has signed operating lease agreements on two brand-new strong archipelago. These will include
Airbus A330-300 aircraft with Intrepid Aviation, a US-based lease company. The locations such as Pontianak (Kalimatan
new aircraft will bring the number of brand-new Airbus A330-300 operated by Island), Palembang (Sumatra Island)
CEB to six. CEB also plans to launch direct daily Manila-Dubai services in October. and Natuna Ranai (Batam Island). The
“We will continue exploring other regions we can serve, such as the Middle East, company’s first SSJ100 has already
Australia, parts of Europe and the US,” said Alex Reyes, CEB GM for Long-Haul. operated more than 500 hours flying
scheduled and charter flights across
Indonesia to date, principally flying out
of Halim Perdanakusuma International
Airport in Jakarta.

Malindo flies
Dhaka direct

Malaysia-based Malindo Air is to
launch a daily non-stop scheduled
flight from Kuala Lumpur to Dhaka
at the end of August. This will be
Malindo Air’s first international
route and will use 737-900ERs, said
Chandran Rama Muthy, Malindo CEO.
“Malindo intends to enhance KLIA’s
footprint as a key regional gateway
to the ASEAN region, [with] plans to
Etihad: “traditional model not relevant” introduce flights onward from Kuala
According to James Hogan, President longer relevant to today’s operating Lumpur to Bali, Jakarta, Medan and
and CEO of Etihad Airways, the airline environment,” Hogan recently asserted Batam,” he said. “Bangladesh is an
has become the fastest-growing in his keynote address at the 2013 CAPA important market, and we will also
carrier in commercial aviation history Australia Pacific Aviation Summit, held be encouraging Bangladesh business
by using organic growth, codeshare in August in Sydney. “A sustainable and leisure travellers to connect to
partnerships and minority equity future for global aviation relies on a our other international flights,” he
investments in other carriers. Not by bold vision and a willingness to break added, promising not just low fares but
acting like an extension of the national with tradition and past practices,” he superior products with leather-seats
interest. “There is ample evidence to added, noting as he did so that Etihad at 45-inch pitch in business-class,
show that the traditional airline model Airways currently has six equity and 46 and a generous 40-kilogram luggage
and legacy airline alliances are no codeshare partners worldwide. allowance to tempt customers.

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