Editing Royal Brunei Airlines (section)

===Growth: 2006–2011===
[[File:Royal Brunei Airlines Boeing 777-200ER SDS-1.jpg|thumb|A former Royal Brunei Airlines [[777-200ER|Boeing 777-200ER]] in 2012]]

Royal Brunei Airlines added [[Ho Chi Minh City]] to its network list in May 2006, a destination served thrice weekly.{{cn|date=February 2024}}

Brunei Darussalam and the United Kingdom (UK) agreed to allow more air services between the countries on 23 November 2007, enhancing the two countries' cooperation in the aviation sector.<ref name=Brusearch>{{Cite web |author=M K Anwar |title=New Brunei-UK air services agreement |url=http://www.Brusearch.com/news/22177 |website=Brusearch.com |publisher=Brusearch 2.0 |date=24 November 2007|access-date=9 December 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708101529/http://www.brusearch.com/news/22177|archive-date=8 July 2011}}</ref> The agreement came into action with immediate effect. This came off the back of the latest tourism figures of 3,459 European holiday visitor arrivals from January to August 2007.<ref name=Brusearch/>

In early September 2007, Royal Brunei Airlines suspended flights to Frankfurt am Main as part of its latest restructuring exercise.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.BruneiAir.com/news/item.asp?id=744 |title=Royal Brunei Airlines to temporary suspend Frankfurt service |website=BruneiAir.com |publisher=Royal Brunei Airlines|access-date=8 April 2008}}{{Dead link|date=August 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> [[Kuching]] was reintroduced to the network on 1 December 2007, after a break of three years.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.BruneiAir.com/news/item.asp?id=823 |title=Royal Brunei Airlines flies to Kuching |website=BruneiAir.com |publisher=Royal Brunei Airlines|access-date=8 April 2008}}{{Dead link|date=August 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> Royal Brunei Airlines then suspended services to [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]] on 26 January 2008, after serving the route for 24 years.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.BruneiAir.com/news/item.asp?id=843 |title=Royal Brunei Airlines to suspend Darwin service |website=BruneiAir.com |publisher=Royal Brunei Airlines|access-date=8 April 2008}}{{Dead link|date=August 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> [[Sharjah (city)|Sharjah]] was also dropped from the network early 2008, as [[Jeddah]] flights are served non-stop from [[Bandar Seri Begawan]]. Shanghai was 'suspended' in April 2008,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.BruneiAir.com/news/item.asp?id=983 |title=Royal Brunei to suspend Shanghai services |website=BruneiAir.com |publisher=Royal Brunei Airlines|access-date=8 April 2008}}{{Dead link|date=August 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> and Sydney and [[Bali]] were dropped from the summer schedule of 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.BruneiAir.com/news/item.asp?id=984 |title=Summer Schedule improves connectivity to key destinations |website=BruneiAir.com |publisher=Royal Brunei Airlines|access-date=8 April 2008}}{{Dead link|date=August 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

On 2 June 2008, Royal Brunei Airlines increased services to Auckland from [[Bandar Seri Begawan]] by offering a new three-weekly direct service. This direct service was in addition to an increase in the frequency of the existing route via [[Brisbane]] from three to four times a week.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.Auckland-Airport.co.nz/NewsHistory/press_releases.php?rid=287 |title=Royal Brunei Airlines increases Auckland service |website=Auckland-Airport.co.nz |publisher=[[Auckland Airport]]|access-date=3 June 2008}}</ref> The following year, Robert Yang was appointed as chief executive officer effective from 1 July, after the departure of Ray Sayer.{{cn|date=February 2024}}

From 28 March 2010, the service to Shanghai resumed with a frequency of four times per week. Auckland was delinked from Brisbane, making Auckland five times per week, and Brisbane six times per week. From 17 June 2010, Royal Brunei Airlines introduced ex-[[Singapore Airlines]] [[Boeing 777|Boeing 777-200ER]] aircraft to replace the Boeing 767 fleet being returned to their lessors;<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.BT.com.bn/en/business-national/2010/04/22/flag-carrier-set-announce-fleet-renewal-says-ceo |title=Flag carrier set to announce fleet renewal, says CEO |website=BT.com.bn |publisher=[[The Brunei Times]] |date=22 April 2010|access-date=25 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.Archive.org/web/20100425050248/http://BT.com.bn/en/business-national/2010/04/22/flag-carrier-set-announce-fleet-renewal-says-ceo|archive-date=25 April 2010}}</ref> the inaugural Boeing 777 service was the Bandar Seri Begawan to London Heathrow service via Dubai, on 17 June.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Boeing 777 takes off to London |url=http://www.BruneiAir.com/news/item.asp?id=1928&PagePosition=1 |website=BruneiAir.com |publisher=Royal Brunei Airlines |date=22 June 2010|access-date=7 December 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101010190002/http://www.bruneiair.com/news/item.asp?id=1928&PagePosition=1|archive-date=10 October 2010}}</ref> The last of the airline's long-serving Boeing 767s were withdrawn from service on 27 September.<ref>{{Cite web |title=RBA says 'farewell' to Boeing 767 aircraft |url=http://www.BruneiAir.com/news/item.asp?id=1988&PagePosition=1 |website=BruneiAir.com |publisher=Royal Brunei Airlines |date=27 September 2010|access-date=7 December 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101010185944/http://www.bruneiair.com/news/item.asp?id=1988&PagePosition=1|archive-date=10 October 2010}}</ref> Plans were also announced during the year for a four times a week Brunei to [[Melbourne]] service with the Boeing 777-200ER, starting from 29 March 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Royal Brunei Airlines to fly to Melbourne |url=http://www.BruneiAir.com/news/item.asp?id=2008&PagePosition=1 |website=BruneiAir.com |publisher=Royal Brunei Airlines |date=15 October 2010|access-date=7 December 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101117132922/http://www.bruneiair.com/news/item.asp?id=2008&PagePosition=1|archive-date=17 November 2010}}</ref>

On 12 February 2011, Brudirect.com reported that Robert Yang had announced his resignation as the CEO of Royal Brunei Airlines, with effect from 1 March 2011.<ref>{{Cite news |title=RBA shock: CEO quits |url=http://www.Brudirect.com/index.php/Top-News/rba-shock-robert-yang-ceo-quits.html |website=Brudirect.com |date=12 February 2011|access-date=15 February 2011}}</ref>