Air China to connect CCU with China - Airliners-India

PALatYWG · Member

Air China to connect CCU with China

LAXDESI · Recruit

Why isn't Jet looking at China?

Nimish · Member

This is really good news - will definitely help Air China establish the market since they're there first. And I'm sure this will be a reasonably bad hit to SQ/TG etc., especially if Air CHina is able to time it to their US flights.

karatecatman · Member

Airlines to China from India:

Ethiopian Airlines (767) from Mumbai to Beijing, may start Kolkata-Beijing soon.

Air India (A310) to Shanghai. Beijing is being planned later.

China Eastern (A340)

Air Sahara --- planned service with 767 or 737-800 from Delhi to Guangzhou.

IA is planning an A320 service also. Route still to be decided.

-- Edited by karatecatman at 14:42, 2006-09-22

DELAPPROACH · Member

karatecatman wrote:

Airlines to China from India:

Ethiopian Airlines (767) from Mumbai to Beijing, may start Kolkata-Beijing soon.

Ethiopian Airlines serves Beijing from Delhi and not from Mumbai with an A330.

Dont forget to add Air China's new service from Delhi to Beijing starting this November.

Regards,

Mayank

Karan69 · Member

DELAPPROACH wrote:

Ethiopian Airlines serves Beijing from Delhi and not from Mumbai with an A330.

Dont forget to add Air China's new service from Delhi to Beijing starting this November.

Regards,

Mayank

I dont think ET has A330s in its fleet it might be 757s

Karan

DELAPPROACH · Member

Karan69 wrote:

I dont think ET has A330s in its fleet it might be 757s

Karan

They have leased an A330.Here's the link from there website:

http://www.flyethiopian.com/news/report.aspx?nid=132

Regards,

Mayank

-- Edited by DELAPPROACH at 22:58, 2006-09-25

karatecatman · Member

Ethiopian is a real eye-opener!! Truly Africa's great little airline.

There was a time when IA was looking to approach ET to wet lease aircraft, during the late 1990s --- when there were those crazy pilot strikes.

ET's safety record is great and has an equally superb maintenance and engineering division. The result of close relations with Pan Am, American, and later Lufthansa.

It has been a route pioneer too. The India-China route is one example.

It will soon be getting 777s and has also ordered 787s. A330 is temporary till the 777s start to arrive. Fleet too is modern --- 737s, ATRs, 757s, 767s.

Inflight too its a nice experience and this is perhaps what has got it the Airline of the YEAR 2006 award ---Africa.

-- Edited by karatecatman at 23:35, 2006-09-25

-- Edited by karatecatman at 23:36, 2006-09-25