Air International 2022-01
T.Batchelor - Eastern promise
Air New Zealand Cargo serves 20 domestic airports and 30 international airports in 18 countries
India’s Vistara, a joint venture between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, began operations in 2015. Its name is from the Sanskrit word vistara, meaning ‘limitless expanse’
One year after relaunching under new ownership, Virgin Australia Group has signed letters of intent to acquire an additional seven Boeing 737NGs, bringing its fleet to 84 aircraft
Australian low-cost carrier start-up Bonza plans to use Boeing 737 MAX 8s, making it the only Australian airline to do so
One of the luckier Asia-Pacific airlines during the pandemic, Air New Zealand returned to almost pre-pandemic passenger numbers prior to the country’s August 2021 lockdown
Philippine airline Cebu Pacific marks another domestic route launch
UAE-based Air Arabia operates 52 Airbus A320s and six A321LRs, the A320neo’s long-range variant
Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia is the country’s largest airline by fleet size and number of destinations
Airbus’s A321neo - shown here in use by AirAsia - has proven popular but there are concerns that it may be too small for the Asia-Pacific market