Hong Kong Airlines confirms order for 9 more A330s

Hong Kong Airlines has signed a contract with Airbus for the firm order of nine additional A330-300 aircraft. The aircraft will be operated across a network which links Hong Kong with a wide range of destinations in Asia, and beyond. “Today’s announcement underscores our plan to operate an extensive regional network in Asia,” said Zhang Kui, President, Hong Kong Airlines. “The A330’s flexibility also allows us to further deploy these aircraft to some long haul routes in the future, and we are going to operate the all-new A350 XWB in 2017 which will open a new chapter of our international operations.”