INAUGURAL LANDING: Hong Kong Airlines A330-300 Landing At The Gold Coast Airport

The Inaugural flight of Hong Kong Airlines to the Gold Coast Airport, Australia, landed just before 8AM local time on January 9th 2016 operated by an A330-300 [B-LNQ]. The new route, which is a 12 week trial to see if the route proves successful, will bring in numerous tourists from Hong Kong and China to the Gold Coast.

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Mexicana initiated operations on July 12, 1921 when it assumed operation of the Mexico City–Tampico–Tuxpan route previously run by the Mexican government. The airline soon after secured a contract with the federal mail service as a mail carrier and quickly added scheduled passenger service thereafter.

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