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Archive for September 2007

26
Sep

AC adds new Bangkok codeshare with UNITED

Air Canada will start offering codeshare flight on UNITED operating flight between Tokyo – Bangkok eff 28OCT07.

ROUTE AC Codeshare UA Operating
Tokyo Narita – Bangkok AC5853 UA853
Bangkok – Tokyo Narita AC5838 UA838
26
Sep

CUBANA codeshare list

The following is a list of codeshare flights with CUBANA

CUBANA – COPA

ROUTE CU Codeshare CM Operating
Havana – Panama City CU220 CM437
Panama City – Havana CU221 CM438

CUBANA – Air Jamaica

ROUTE CU Codeshare JM Operating
Havana – Kingston CU6060 JM060
Kingston – Havana CU6061 JM061
Havana – Montego Bay CU6060 JM060
Montego Bay – Havana CU6061 JM061

CUBANA – Air Europa

ROUTE CU Codeshare UX Operating
Havana – Madrid CU6472
CU6470
UX054
UX052
Madrid – Havana CU6471 UX051

ROUTE UX Codeshare CU Operating
Havana – Madrid UX3052 CU470
Madrid – Havana UX3051 CU471

CUBANA – AEROFLOT

ROUTE CU Codeshare SU Operating
Havana – Moscow CU334 SU334
Moscow – Havana CU333 SU333

CUBANA – Blue Panorama

ROUTE BV Codeshare CU Operating
Havana – Santiago de Cuba – Rome – Havana BV1302 CU425
Havana – Rome – Bologna BV1505 CU420
Bologna – Rome – Havana BV1504 CU421
26
Sep

Blue1′s Codeshare routes

Blue1 currently codeshares with LOT Polish Airlines and Lufthansa on the following routes.

Blue1 – LOT

ROUTE LO Codeshare KF Operating
Helsinki – Warsaw LO5472 KF881
Warsaw – Helsinki LO5471 KF882

ROUTE KF Codeshare LO Operating
Helsinki – Warsaw KF5103 LO472
Warsaw – Helsinki KF5102 LO471

Blue1 – Lufthansa

ROUTE KF Codeshare LH Operating
Berlin – Cologne KF5012 LH278
Cologne – Berlin KF5011 LH273
Berlin – Dusseldorf KF5014 LH257
Dusseldorf – Berlin KF5013 LH252
Berlin – Nuremberg KF5016 LH336
Nuremberg – Berlin KF5015 LH333
Berlin – Stuttgart KF5018 LH294
Stuttgart – Berlin KF5017 LH291
Hamburg – Cologne KF5022 LH102
Cologne – Hamburg KF5021 LH099
Hamburg – Nuremberg KF5024 LH132
Nuremberg – Hamburg KF5025 LH131
Hamburg – Stuttgart KF5030 LH146
Stuttgart – Hamburg KF5029 LH141

SAS codeshares on all (excluding German routes) routes operated by Blue 1, and SWISS codeshares on Blue1′s Switzerland service.

26
Sep

Vietnam launch new Indo-China triangle route

Vietnam Airlines will be offering a new triangle route for the Indo-China region, supplementing existing nonstop service in the region.

Details below:
Read more »

26
Sep

UNITED Seasonal reduction on SFO – Asia

UNITED is reducing frequencies on San Francisco – Nagoya and San Francisco – Seoul in 2007/08 Winter schedule.

San Francisco – Nagoya will be reduced to 5 weekly, no flights operating on Day 13, and Day 24 on return
San Francisco – Seoul will be reduced to 6 weekly, no flights operating on Day 3, and Day 4 on return

San Francisco – Osaka will be upgraded to 747-400 as originally announced.

26
Sep

Indian’s codeshare routes

The following is a list of routes where Indian Airlines has codeshare agreement with for international flights.

Indian – GMG Airlines

ROUTE IC Codeshare Z5 Operating
Delhi – Dhaka IC9010 Z5010
Dhaka – Delhi IC9009 Z5009
Kolkata – Dhaka

IC9002
IC9008
Z5002
Z5008
Dhaka – Kolkata

IC9001
IC9007
Z5001
Z5007
Kolkata – Chittagong IC9062 Z5062
Chittagong – Kolkata IC9061 Z5061

Indian – Air Astana

ROUTE IC Codeshare KC Operating
Delhi – Almaty IC9908 KC908
Almaty – Delhi IC9907 KC907

Indian – SriLankan Airlines

ROUTE IC Codeshare UL Operating
Delhi – Colombo

IC9196
IC9192
UL196
UL192
Colombo – Delhi

IC9191
IC9195
UL191
UL195
Mumbai – Colombo IC9144 UL144
Colombo – Mumbai IC9143 UL143

Indian – Uzbekistan Airways

ROUTE IC Codeshare HY Operating
Delhi – Tashkent IC9422 HY422
Tashkent – Delhi IC9421 HY421

Indian – Aerosvit

ROUTE IC Codeshare VV Operating
Delhi – Kiev IC9152 VV152
Kiev – Delhi IC9151 VV151
26
Sep

DELTA release Shanghai schedule

DELTA has released Shanghai schedule which is now available for booking. First flight takes off 30MAR08.

DL019 ATL1015 – 1355+1PVG 777 D
DL018 PVG1555 – 1855ATL 777 D

26
Sep

DELTA 2008 Expansion from JFK #2

DELTA today officially announced the launch of 9 new Trans-Atlantic routes plus 5 to Central America in 2008

New York – Amman, 4 weekly service eff 05JUN08
DL026 JFK1620 – 1000+1AMM 767 x257
DL023 AMM1200 – 1835JFK 767 x136

New York – Cairo, 5 weekly service eff 04JUN08
DL010 JFK1620 – 1035+1CAI 767 x46
DL009 CAI1230 – 1740JFK 767 x57

New York – Dakar – Nairobi, 4 weekly service eff 02JUN08
DL128 JFK1550 – 0405+1DKR0540+1 – 1650+1NBO 767 x247
DL229 NBO1930 – 0035+1DKR0205+1 – 0615+1JFK 767 x135

New York – Dakar - Cape Town, 3 weekly to be started eff 03JUN08 once received approval

DL128 JFK1550 – 0405+1DKR0540+1 – 1555CPT 767 247
DL129 CPT1755 – 0035+1DKR0205+1 – 0615+1JFK 767 135

New York – Lagos, daily 767 service eff 09JUN08
DL142 JFK1840 – 1105+1LOS 767 D
DL143 LOS1250 – 1845JFK 767 D

New York – Malaga, 3 weekly service eff 04JUN08
DL162 JFK1705 – 0700+1AGP 757 357
DL163 AGP0930 – 1150JFK 757 146

Other new service out of New York JFK to Tel Aviv, Edinburgh has been posted yesterday

New York – Mumbai route will be operated by new Boeing 777-200LR instead of -200ER.

In response to address congestion issues at JFK Airport, DELTA is making the following adjustments:

*Reduction of average hourly departure by 6% during congested hours
*Decrease JFK afternoon rush hour departure, shifting short-haul trans-atlantic flights to 3rd bank of International departure after 7pm
*Optimization of connecting times to increase transit times
*Elimination of Turboprop flights out of New York JFK
*2-class, larger jet service will be increased. 65% of 204 daily departures planned for 2008 out of JFK, will be 70 to 270-seater, up from 43% in 2007 Summer

25
Sep

Air Canada to expand UA domestic codeshare

GoJet and Mesa, both operating under UNITED Express, has submitted application for approval to place Air Canada’s “AC” code on respective operating flight.

25
Sep

AA to Canberra

American will be adding 2 new codeshare citypairs to Canberra effective 01NOV07.

Sydney – Canberra
Melbourne – Canberra

Both will be codeshare with QANTAS

25
Sep

TAM to Montevideo

TAM will begin daily Sao Paulo – Montevideo service from 05NOV07.

JJ8046 GRU0915 – 1150MVD 320 D
JJ8047 MVD1800 – 2030GRU 320 D

25
Sep

AeroMexico applies San Diego – Mexico

AeroMexico today applied for permission to operate 5 weekly nonstop San Diego – Mexico City service.

The flight to begin on 10DEC07.

25
Sep

DELTA 2008 Expansion from JFK #1

DELTA’s 2008 European expansion out of New York includes:

New York – Edinburgh
eff 01MAY08, Daily 757-200 service

DL096 JFK2005 – 0810+1EDI 752 D
DL097 EDI0940 – 1215JFK 752 D

New York – Manchester
Boeing 757-200 will replace 767 service from 07JAN08
Daily flight eff 01MAY08

DL154 JFK2040 – 0855+1MAN 752 D
DL155 MAN1100 – 1345JFK 752 D

New York – Amsterdam
Boeing 757 replacing 767 eff 01MAY08

DL080 JFK1735 – 0720+1AMS 752 D
DL081 AMS0910 – 1130JFK 752 D

New York – Brussles
Boeing 757 replacing 767 eff 01APR08

DL140 JFK1930 – 0930+1TXL 752 D
DL141 TXL1120 – 1335JFK 752 D

New York – Berlin
Flight increase from 5 weekly in Winter to Daily in summer

New York – Frankfurt
Boeing 757 replacing 767 eff 01MAR08

DL106 JFK1905 – 0935+1FRA 752 D
DL107 FRA1205 – 1450JFK 752 D

New York – Barcelona
6 weekly flights in Winter increase to Daily eff 01MAY08

New York – Nice
4 weekly flights in Winter increase to Daily eff 30APR08

New York – Dublin
6 weekly flights to increase to Daily eff 29APR08

New York – Shannon
Boeing 757 service

New York – Tel Aviv
New Daily service eff 10MAR08

DL086 JFK2110 – 1455+1TLV 767 D
DL087 TLV0040 – 0600JFK 767 D

No Changes for Madrid, Rome, Milan , Venice, Pisa

25
Sep

DELTA/UNITED awarded new US Routes for 2008

DELTA and UNITED each being awarded for the new China – US air services, DoT announced today.

DELTA can start Atlanta – Shanghai, Daily 777 service effective immediately. The airline calls for March 2008 launch.

UNITED will start daily 777 service between San Francisco – Guangzhou from 25MAR08. UNITED must start the route from this date or frequencies will be designated to other carriers on other routes.

For 2009, the DoT tentatively awarded:
US Airways Philadelphia – Beijing A340
nwa NORTHWEST AIRLINES Detroit – Shanghai B787
Continental Newark – Shanghai B777
American Chicago – Beijing B777

Note the 2009 awarding can still be changed as well.

The next round of US – China route/frequency designation beyond 2010 are the following:

2010 (March 25)

  • 21 combination frequencies and 15 all-cargo frequencies for points in China Zone 1 or Zone 2
  • 7 available combination frequencies or all-cargo to China Zone 2 only
  • 1 new carrier may be designated

2011 (March 25)

  • 14 combination frequencies for points in China Zone 1 or Zone 2
  • Removal of limitations on all-cargo flights

2012 (March 25)

  • 14 combination frequencies for points in China Zone 1 or Zone 2

Note:
China Zone 1 consists of Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou.
China Zone 2 consists of Fujian, Guangdong (except Guangzhou), Hebei, Jiangsu, Shandong, Tianjin, and Zhejiang

24
Sep

EVA to lease A320 to Denpasar

EVA Air reportedly to lease A320 from Transasia Airways, to replace Taipei – Denpasar‘s A330-200 service, effective 28OCT07.

The lease is to be 2 years, with 2 units.

Note at this stage it is still an unconfirmed report.

24
Sep

Additional Air One+TAP Codeshares

Air One has added codeshare routes with TAP Portugal Italy – Porto flight

ROUTE TP Codeshare AP Operating
Milan – Porto TP1163
TP1165
AP1163
AP1165
Porto – Milan TP1162
TP1164
AP1162
AP1164

ROUTE AP Codeshare TP Operating
Rome – Porto AP1851 TP851
Porto – Rome AP1852 TP852

Effective 28OCT07, it’ll also add one-way Funchal – Oporto codeshare route

ROUTE AP Codeshare TP Operating
Funchal – Porto AP1810 TP810
24
Sep

Minor Korean Air 2007/08 Winter sked update

Few minor changes to Korean Air 2007/08 Winter Schedule:

Singapore
Additional 2 weekly 747-400 service between 01DEC07 and 29DEC07

KE643 ICN0830 – 1400SIN 744 26
KE644 SIN1530 – 2235ICN 744 26

Guam
Seoul – Guam will be 10 weekly 777-200ER service. This will be supplemented by 3 weekly 737-800 service out of Busan for January. The latter generally runs for 1 month in Summer and Winter peak season.

KE803 PUS2115 – 0205+1GUM 738 357 28DEC07 – 27JAN08
KE804 GUM0345 – 0715PUS 738 146 29DEC07 – 28JAN08

Bangkok
Seoul – Bangkok service will be 21 weekly between 21DEC07 – 29FEB08. KE659/660 operates Day 1246 outside those date range in Winter schedule with 777-200.

Hong Kong
Busan – Hong Kong will increase from 3 weekly to 7 weekly flight from 22OCT07

KE615 PUS0955 – 1240HKG 738 57
KE615 PUS0955 – 1240HKG 739 3
KE617 PUS2135 – 0020+1HKG 739 x357

KE618 HKG0300 – 0710PUS 739 x146
KE616 HKG1340 – 1750PUS 738 57
KE616 HKG1340 – 1750PUS 739 3

Xian
Busan – Xian service operates last flight on 18OCT07

Melbourne and Chiang Mai are the 2 new destinations in the 2007/08 Northern Winter schedule. Dubai and Cairo are being split to 2 non-stop services.

24
Sep

Air One to launch Rome – Berlin service

Air One will launch daily Rome – Berlin Tegel flight eff 01OCT07.

AP4226:LH2813 FCO0915 – 1115TXL D
AP4227:LH2812 TXL1730 – 1930FCO D

It also offers service on Milan Linate – Berlin Tegel as well, which the 4 weekly flight will be expanded to daily from October 2007.

AP4214:LH2787 LIN1515 – 1650TXL D
AP4215:LH2788 TXL1155 – 1330LIN D

Both flights operated by 737 or CRJ900, and will switch to a mix of 737/320 from Winter schedule.

24
Sep

Aegean double daily to Sofia & Bucharest

Aegean Airlines has added 2nd daily to Bucharest and Sofia since 03SEP07.

A3960 ATH0825 – 1000OTP AR1 x7
A3962 ATH1650 – 1830OTP AR1 x16
A3962 ATH1700 – 1830OTP AR1 x1

A3961 OTP1040 – 1215ATH AR1 x57
A3961 OTP1045 – 1220ATH AR1 5
A3963 OTP1910 – 2040ATH AR1 1
A3963 OTP1910 – 2045ATH AR1 x16

A3950 ATH0840 – 0955SOF AR1 x7
A3952 ATH1530 – 1645SOF AR1 14
A3952 ATH1710 – 1825SOF AR1 x146

A3951 SOF1040 – 1155ATH AR1 x7
A3953 SOF1730 – 1845ATH AR1 14
A3953 SOF1910 – 2025ATH AR1 x146

24
Sep

PIA reduce JFK service by 50%

Pakistan International Airlines will further reduce frequencies to New York JFK from 4 weekly to 2 (weekend service) from 28OCT07.

PK711 KHI0325 – 0510LHE0650 – 1020MAN1220 – 1430JFK 77W 6
PK712 JFK2105 – 0830+1MAN1030+1 – 2320+1LHE0020+2 – 0205+2KHI 77W 6

PK717 ISB0635 – 0830KHI1030 – 1340MAN1540 – 1750JFK 77W 7
PK718 JFK2105 – 0830+1MAN1030+1 – 2320+1LHE0020+2 – 0205+2KHI 77W 7

It has already suspended Chicago and dropped Houston earlier in the year.