ISSN 1718-7966 June 04, 2018/ VOL. 643 www.avitrader.com Weekly Aviation Headline News WORLD NEWS TAG Aviation Asia to open Fixed Base Operation in Macau TAG Aviation Asia is set to operate a Fixed Base Operation (FBO) at Macau International Airport. The Hong Kong headquartered operator has agreed to a six-year concession agreement with the Macau Airport Authority to provide a full-service facility opera- tion, 24/7, at this International desti- nation. The FBO is scheduled to be op- erational the fourth quarter of 2018 to commence serving business aircraft. WestJet operates new Halifax- Paris flights on Boeing 737 MAX WestJet has connected Atlantic Canada to the City of Light, with its inaugural flight between Halifax Stanfield In- SIA will ternational Airport (YHZ) and Paris- recieve Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) on seven A350- 900ULRs. June 1. “This is a historic day for West- Jet as we touch down on the European Photo: SIA mainland for the first time,” said Tim Croyle, WestJet Interim Executive Vice- SIA prepares for longest flight President, Commercial. “This new ser- With the start of Singapore to Newark vice reinforces our confidence in Atlan- tic Canada and our ongoing support of Singapore Airlines (SIA) is prepar- SIA is the world’s first operator of Singapore Airlines served the Sin- Nova Scotia’s tourism and economic ing to launch the world’s longest the new A350-900ULR, with seven gapore-Newark route until 2013, development objectives outlined in its commercial flights in October, with on firm order from Airbus. The air- when services were suspended after Atlantic Gateway initiative. non-stop services between Singa- craft will be configured in a two- the aircraft used at the time, Airbus pore and New York using the new class layout, with 67 Business Class A340-500s, were returned to Airbus. Wizz Air deploys first A321 in Airbus A350-900ULR Skopje (ultra-long-range). “The flights will offer our customers “Singapore Airlines has Wizz Air celebrated the deployment always taken pride in of its first Skopje-based, state-of- The new services will the fastest way to travel between pushing the bounda- the-art Airbus A321 aircraft. The first take off on 11 October ries to provide the best flight of the brand-new aircraft took 2018, to Newark Lib- the two cities.” possible travel conveni- off from Skopje Airport to Malmo. erty International Air- Singapore Airlines’ CEO, Mr Goh Choon Phong ence for our customers, Besides the Swedish service, the air- port. The route will ini- and we are pleased to craft will operate the popular Paris, tially be served three times a week, seats and 94 Premium Economy be leading the way with these new Nuremberg, Friedrichshafen, Frank- departing Singapore on Monday, Class seats. non-stop flights using the latest- furt Hahn, Munich and Rome routes. Thursday and Saturday. Daily op- technology, ultra-long-range Airbus With 230 seats on board, the Airbus erations will commence from 18 Flights will cover approximately A350-900ULR,” said Singapore Air- A321, the airline says it is the most ef- October after an additional A350- 9,000nm (16,700km), and travel- lines’ CEO, Mr Goh Choon Phong. ficient single-aisle passenger aircraft. 900ULR aircraft enters service. ling time will be up to 18hrs 45min. 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Seatback Its carbon on-demand composite is (dailyming include:non-stop an from exclusive Singapore partnership as well as with daily VEVO, via Hong delivering Kong). new, cu- airframeone of United’s also allows entertainment for improved options air quality available due toon a757, more 767, optimised 777 and rated music video playlists each month; relaxation content including cabin787 aircraft. altitude Theand carrierhumidity currently levels. offers approximately 20 different Non-stopHeadspace, Singapore-Los a popular meditation Angeles flights app areand also Moodica, planned whichwith thetakes A350- the movies and TV shows that are audio descriptive and more than 50 that 900ULR,brain on detailsa much-needed of which willvacation be announced using videos. at a later date. Singapore Airlines currently has 21 A350-900s in its fleet, with 46 more on order including seven of the ULR variant. 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