Xiamen Airlines

Xiamen Airlines | July 04, 2017

Xiamen Airlines launched a thrice-weekly Xiamen-Los Angeles service on 27 June. The carrier is deploying Boeing 787-9s on the route. It also plans to begin a Xiamen-Qingdao-Los Angeles service later in December. FlightGlobal schedules data shows that the airline is the only operator on the Xiamen-Los Angeles route. Xiamen Airlines also operates Fuzhou-New York, Shenzhen-Seattle, and Xiamen-Vancouver services....

Xinhua | May 28, 2018

China's Xiamen Airlines welcomed the 200th member of its fleet as its first Boeing 737 MAX aircraft started commercial flight on Sunday.With a white egret logo on its tail fin, the latest model of the Boeing 737 family started its maiden trip for Xiamen Airlines on a direct air route from southeast China's Xiamen to the eastern city of Shanghai....

Simple Flying | January 13, 2020

Gulf Air has partnered up with Etihad to share benefits across both loyalty programs. Members of Etihad Guest, the loyalty program of Etihad, can now use their membership to redeem benefits across Gulf Air, the national carrier of Bahrain. Likewise, those frequent flyer members of Gulf Air’s Falconflyer program can now use their points across Etihad’s vast network....

FlightGlobal | January 13, 2020

Airbus has started operating the first of the six BelugaXL high-capacity transports it is building to facilitate production ramp-up. The A330-based aircraft completed its first operational flight on 9 January, says the airframer. EASA certification was secured in November 2019, following a test campaign of more than 700h across some 200 flights since the first in July 2018. All six BelugaXL freighters will be operating by the end of 2023, Airbus indicates. The Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered aircr...