Hong Kong Airlines details widebody fleet expansion

Hong Kong Airlines looks forward to the arrival of its first Airbus A350-900s this year, while a new batch of A330-300s due for delivery next year will help boost capacity on regional services. Assistant commercial director Michael Burke says that the A350s and new A330s will kick off a major fleet and network transition for the carrier. "The A350s will be deployed to major sectors around the world, but we will also grow in parallel with the [existing] A330 fleet, as we have done with Auckland and Vancouver," he says. HKA will receive 3 A350s that were originally destined for Azul, although the Brazilian carrier has said that those would be transferred to the HNA Group. HNA is a major shareholder in both Azul and HKA. Burke says that the A350s will launch a new long-haul destination in December, but gave no further details. <br/>