Singapore Airlines (SIA) will retire its last Boeing 747s in March, ending nearly 40 years of 'Jumbo' operations. Boeing 747-412 9V-SPQ (c 28025) will operate the type's last flights with SIA over March 24 and 25, flying from Singapore to Melbourne, Australia, and back. These final revenue-earning services will be followed by special charter flights on April 6 between Singapore and Hong Kong. The airliner will later go to Transaero Airlines. Mark Broadbent Japan's latest low-cost carrier, Peach Airlines, began operations on March 1. The Airbus A320-equipped airline began flights from its home base in Kansai, Osaka, to Sapporo and Fukuoka. Routes from Kansai to Nagasaki and Kagoshi begin in April, to be followed by an international service to Seoul-lncheon, South Korea, in May. Peach is part-owned by All Nippon Airways (ANA) and its creation has been the focus of much interest in Japan, with observers wondering whether the country's passengers will be prepared to accept no-frills air travel in a culture predicated on high levels of service. The region's airlines clearly feel this will not be a factor. Jetstar Japan, an offshoot of the existing Jetstar operation, will be launched by Qantas, Japan Airlines and Mitsubishi, while August will see AirAsia Japan - in which ANA also has a stake - commence operations.
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机译：新加坡航空（SIA）将于3月份退役其最后一架波音747，这将结束近40年的“巨型”运营。波音747-412 9V-SPQ（c / n 28025）将于3月24日至25日进行该机型与新航的最后一次飞行，从新加坡飞往澳大利亚墨尔本，然后再返回。这些最终的创收服务将在4月6日开通新加坡和香港之间的特殊包机航班。客机稍后将前往Transaero航空公司。马克·布罗德本特（Mark Broadbent）日本最新的低成本航空公司桃子航空公司（Peach Airlines）于3月1日开始运营。配备空中客车A320的航空公司开始从其位于大阪关西的总部飞往札幌和福冈的航班。从关西到长崎和加越的航线始于4月，随后于5月开通了前往韩国首尔-汉城的国际航线。桃子是全日空（ANA）的一部分，它的创立一直是日本的关注焦点，观察家想知道，该国的乘客是否会愿意接受一种以高水平的航空文化为基础的廉价航班。服务。该地区的航空公司显然认为这不是一个因素。澳洲航空，日本航空公司和三菱航空将推出捷星日本航空公司，这是现有捷星航空公司业务的分支，而八月将看到全日空也有股权的亚航日本航空公司开始运营。
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