Here’s our weekly roundup of new air routes.
Virgin Australia expands footprint into Greater China
Virgin Australia has commenced five-times weekly flights between Melbourne and Hong Kong, utilising an Airbus A330-200 with 255 economy seats in a 2-4-2 configuration.
On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, flights will depart Melbourne at 00.35 and arrive in Hong Kong at 08.15. Flights on Monday and Wednesday will depart Melbourne at 10.25 and 09.40 respectively, and arrive in Hong Kong at 18.05 and 17.20.
The return leg on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays will see the aircraft depart Hong Kong at 19.50, and arrive back in Melbourne at 07.20 the following day.
Sri Lanka’s national carrier begins flights to Hong Kong
SriLankan Airlines will begin five-times weekly flights between Hong Kong and Colombo on July 15.
On Thursdays and Saturdays, there are two flights daily. The first flight will depart Hong Kong at 02.00 and arrive in Colombo at 04.50, while the second flight will depart at 18.15 and arrive in Colombo at 21.05. On Mondays, only the second flight will be in operation.
AirAsia adds Nha Trang to network
Beginning September 14, AirAsia will commence daily flights to Nha Trang from Kuala Lumpur, the airline’s fourth route to Vietnam.
AK204 will depart Kuala Lumpur at 10.30 and arrive in Nha Trang at 11.35. The return flight will depart Nha Trang at 12.00 and land in Kuala Lumpur at 15.15.
Emirates flies direct to Hanoi
Emirates has launched daily direct flights from Dubai to Hanoi, shaving about 2.5 hours of travel time as it no longer stops in Yangon.
Flights will depart Dubai at 03.30 and arrive in Hanoi at 13.05, while the return flight will depart Hanoi at 01.30 and arrive in Dubai at 05.05. The new service is operated with a two-class Boeing 777-300ER, which offers 42 seats in business and 386 seats in economy.
Cebu Pacific commences night flights to Boracay
Cebu Pacific has begun evening flights between Manila and Caticlan with an ATR aircraft, adding two additional daily flights between the two cities.
Currently, the last flight between Manila to Caticlan leaves at 15.30 with the return flight 17.10. With the new night operations, the last flight will leave Manila at 18.55 and will return from Caticlan at 20.45.
