Taipei-based
China Airlines expects to take delivery of its 1st of 14 Airbus A350-900s in
July 2016, a spokesperson confirmed to ATW in Taipei.
The Taiwanese
carrier will begin to replace its Airbus A340-300s with the A350-900 in 3Q/2016.
“The A350
will be operated mostly on routes to Europe,” the spokesperson added.
China
Airlines chairman and CEO Hang Hung Sun said 5 months
ago the carrier would take delivery of “4 A350s in 2016, 6 in 2017 and 4 more
in 2018” when “9 of our 13 747-400s will be removed from the fleet.”
Based on the
article “China Airlines to take first Airbus A350-900 in July 2016” published
in ATW.
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