It's Saturday so it is time to release the controller to the side of your seat, extended your Personal TV and close the blinds as we go to this weeks video. This week, it's a China Southern Airbus A380 going into the paint hanger for its first full paint job after being freshly built. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j66zz__uZNM Another video next week. … [Read more...]
China Southern boosts Guangzhou – London Heathrow route… again
China Southern is forging ahead with 787 operations. The airline already has pulled forward the start date of 787s (commenced 10th September), and are now planning to boost operation from 5 flights a week to a daily timetable The new timetable looks like this: CZ303 DEPART CAN 09:30 ARRIVE LHR 14:50 CZ304 DEPART LHR 22:30 ARRIVE CAN 18:30+1 Operates Daily Effective: 25th … [Read more...]
China Southerns Boeing 787s arriving at Heathrow sooner than expected.
It looks like China Southern Airlines will be deploying their new Boeing 787's to London Heathrow a lot sooner than was first thought. Originally, the Skyteam member was meant to be operating from the beginning of the winter timetable (27th October 2013). Instead, the operation of the aircraft has been pushed forward to 10th September 2013 - a good 7 weeks early. The 787 … [Read more...]
China Southern to deploy a 787 to London and Auckland
China Southern Airlines currently operate into London Heathrow and Auckland with an Airbus A330-200. Well, changes are afoot. Let's look at the Guangzhou – London service, which will switch to Boeing 787 Dreamliner operation from 27th October onwards: CZ303 DEPART CAN 09:30 ARRIVE LHR 14:50 CZ304 DEPART LHR 22:30 ARRIVE CAN 18:30+1 Service operate Tuesday, Thursday, … [Read more...]
China Southern upgrades some routes starting this winter
China Southern is upgrading certain routes for the winter timetable, with some good additions for those of you who need to connect in the Far East, Australia, Russia Specifically, there are improvements for services from Guangzhou to Brisbane, Sydney and Moscow-Sheremetyevo. Guangzhou – Brisbane goes from 5 times weekly to Daily, with the following timetable: CZ381 DEPART … [Read more...]
787 Update: Chinese Aviation Authorities certify 787’s, ANA to conduct charter flights
Back to 787 update as the return to flight of the new Boeing wide body plane continues. First up is the news that the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has cleared the 787 for flight - following clearances from other countries who have been following guidance from the United State Federal Aviation Administration. The CAAC will require Chinese operators of the … [Read more...]
China Southern to get 10 more Airbus A330’s
It seems that the tensions over European Union's Emission-Trading System are easing, with news that China Southern Airlines is to get 10 Airbus A330-300 aircraft. Long haul orders seem to have been logged jammed with arguments over the ETS, with significant orders put on hold if they were being brought for use in China. China Southern says that the aircraft … [Read more...]
Xiamen Airlines joins SkyTeam
SkyTeam continues its China expansion apace, with Xiamen Airlines joining the alliance. The airline become the 19th member of SkyTeam. Xiamen Airlines operates over 220 routes from its main hubs in Xiamen, Fuzhou and Hangzhou, covering the China area as well as SouthEast and NorthEast Asia. The airline itself is an all-Boeing shop, operating 86 aircraft - Boeing 737's … [Read more...]
China Southern to operate A380’s on Guangzhou to LA route
China Southern Airlines will be accelerating their international expansion planes, with the announcement they will operate one of their A380 fleet on the Guangzhou - Los Angeles route from 12th October 2012. The timings are below; CZ327 DEPART CAN 21:00 ARRIVE LAX 18:50 CZ328 DEPART LAX 23:30 ARRIVE CAN 05:50 +2 Operates Daily. Booked Equipment: Airbus … [Read more...]
4000th Boeing 737NG… delivered
Boeing has build and delivered it's 4000th 737-NG series aircraft this week to China Southern Airlines. Now, 4000 737-NG's... that's a lot of frames buzzing around the world in various different configurations (including the -600 Series, -700, 700ER, -800, -900 and 900ER... and then there's the militarised and business variants... ) The gap between 1000th, 2000th, … [Read more...]
