Air Vanuatu 737-800 in service
Air Vanuatu will be introducing Boeing 737-800 to its fleet as it will be replacing the sole 737-300. This change gives Air Vanuatu extra 44 seats per flight on the 737.
The 737-800 will be in service from 01FEB08, flying to Auckland, Brisbane, Honiara, Nadi, and Sydney.
The configuration is J8Y162
nwa 10 weekly Tokyo – Seattle in Summer 2008
Once again, nwa NORTHWEST AIRLINES will operate 10 weekly service on Tokyo – Seattle route this summer.
Schedule between June and August 2008 as followed:
NW008 NRT1545 – 0845SEA 332 D
NW086 NRT1635 – 0935SEA 333 146
NW085 SEA1310 – 1530+1NRT 333 146
NW007 SEA1450 – 1705+1NRT 332 D
DELTA to launch JFK – Antigua
DELTA will launch 2 weekly New York JFK – Antigua flight starting 12JUN08.
DL371 JFK0850 – 1320ANU 738 47
DL370 ANU1410 – 1900JFK 738 47
This seasonal service runs until 04SEP08.
SIA new codeshare with Virgin
Singapore Airlines has placed its “SQ” code on Virgin Atlantic’s London – Chicago service.
|
Route |
VS Operating |
SQ Codesharing |
|
Chicago – London |
VS040 |
SQ2540 |
|
London – Chicago |
VS039 |
SQ2539 |
JAL Taiwan flight aircraft shuffle
On the Tokyo – Taipei Route, JL647/642, will be temporarily operated by Boeing 767 instead of 747-400 for the month of June 2008. Starting 26OCT08, the service will be operated by 767 throughout 2008/09 Winter.
Tokyo – Kaohsiung route, will be operated by 767-300 starting 01OCT08, replacing the current 747-400 service, which recently replaced 767 when the 2007/08 Winter schedule was launched.
Virgin/Air Jamaica applies codeshare via Miami
Virgin Atlantic and Air Jamaica today applied for approval to expand their codeshare via Miami.
If approved, Air Jamaica’s “JM” code will be applied on Virgin Atlantic’s flight between London and Miami. Virgin Atlantic’s “VS” code will be applied on Air Jamaica’s flight between Miami and Kingston as well as Miami and Montego Bay.
Philippine applies Vancouver – San Diego route
Philippine Airlines today filed an application for permission to operate 3 weekly Vancouver – San Diego route with full 5th freedom rights, as a tag on from Manila – Vancouver.
The airline plans to operate A340-300, as early as 4th quarter in 2008.
SIA may also go all-business class on LA nonstop
AEROFLOT codeshare route to Magadan
AEROFLOT has codeshare agreements with Dalavia/H8 and Vladivostok Avia/XF which covers the Magadan route. AEROFLOT also codeshares on Vladivostok Avia’s Vladivostok-St. Petersburg service.
|
Route |
H8 Operating |
SU Codesharing |
|
Khabarovsk – Magadan |
H8401 H8403 |
SU1633 SU1635 |
|
Magadan – Khabarovsk |
H8404 H8402 |
SU1636 SU1634 |
|
Route |
XF Operating |
SU Codesharing |
|
Vladivostok – Magadan |
XF379 |
SU1646 |
|
Magadan – Vladivostok |
XF380 |
SU1645 |
|
St. Petersburg – Vladivostok |
XF464 |
SU1581 |
|
Vladivostok – St. Petersburg |
XF463 |
SU1582 |
AEROFLOT Russia-CIS 2008 Summer highlights
1 of 8 Daily Moscow – St. Petersburg shuttle flight will be operated by a 737-500, using AEROFLOT-NORD aircraft. The flight will be operated as SU843/844 starting 30MAR08.
Also, starting 30MAR08, this shuttle route will be mainly operated by Airbus 319 and Tupolev Tu-154. Airbus 321 will not operate on this route in Summer.
Moscow – Novosibirsk on SU807/808 will be operated by Ilyushin Il-86 between 15JUN08 and 22SEP08, replacing Tupolev Tu-154.
Moscow – Irkutsk frequency will be doubled from 2 to 4 daily during Summer peak season.
SU747 SVO0055 – 1120IKT 320 D
SU743 SVO0715 – 1740IKT TU5 D
SU749 SVO1905 – 0540+1IKT 320 D
SU739 SVO2205 – 0840+1IKT TU5 D 21JUN08 – 21SEP08
SU750 IKT0700 – 0810SVO 320 D
SV740 IKT1010 – 1110SVO TU5 x6 22JUN08 – 22SEP08
SU748 IKT1250 – 1400SVO 320 D
SU744 IKT1910 – 2010SVO TU5 D
SU747/748/749/750 in the winter season currently operates with Tupolev Tu-154
Moscow – Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky will increase from 5 weekly to Daily flight.
Moscow – Yuzhno Sakhalinsk route will increase from 2 weekly to 6 weekly from 30MAR08. Daily operation begins 17MAY08. Operating aircraft will change from Boeing 767 to Ilyushin Il-96 from 30MAR08.
3rd Daily service will be introduced on the Moscow – Perm route with 737-500.
SU821 SVO0035 – 0510PEE TU5 D
SU823 SVO0630 – 1045PEE 735 D
SU819 SVO1315 – 1730PEE 735 D
SU822 PEE0610 – 0640SVO TU5 D
SU824 PEE1145 – 1200SVO 735 D
SU820 PEE1900 – 1915SVO 735 D
2 Daily Moscow – Chelyabinsk will be switched from 737-500 to Tupolev Tu-154
Moscow – Ufa will increase from 20 to 21 weekly from 30MAR08
Moscow – Tyumen will be operated by Tupolev Tu-154 and Airbus 320 instead of AEROFLOT-NORD Tupolev Tu-134 and Airbus 319.
Moscow – Nizhnevartovsk will be upgraded from A320 to A321 service.
Moscow – Krasnojarsk flight will see 2nd daily flight during summer peak season. A321 will replace Tupolev Tu-154 on SU779/780 from 30MAR08.
SU781 SVO0140 – 1010KJA TU5 D 15JUN08-
SU779 SVO2110 – 0540+1KJA TU5 6
SU779 SVO2110 – 0540+1KJA 321 x6
SU780 KJA0655 – 0750SVO 321 x7
SU780 KJA0655 – 0750SVO TU5 7
SU782 KJA1200 – 1310SVO TU5 D 15JUN08-
Moscow – Kemerovo daily flight (SU761/762) will be operated by Airbus 321 instead of A320. Effective 26APR08, there will be 2nd daily flight, using Airbus 320 aircraft.
SU759 SVO0050 – 0920KEJ 320 D 26APR08-
SU761 SVO2135 – 0600+1KEJ 321 D
SU762 KEJ0720 – 0755SVO 321 D
SU760 KEJ1040 – 1120SVO 320 D 26APR08-
Magadan route will not be operated as per current schedule update.
2 Daily Moscow – Volgograd will see 737-500 aircraft operating instead of Tupolev Tu-154.
5th Daily Moscow – Krasnodar will be added from 30MAR08.
SU763 SVO0820 – 1040KRR TU5 D
SU765 SVO1110 – 1320KRR TU5 D
SU767 SVO1300 – 1515KRR TU5 D
SU771 SVO1730 – 1940KRR TU5 D
SU773 SVO2215 – 00040+1KRR TU5 D
SU774 KRR0700 -0925SVO TU5 D
SU764 KRR1200 – 1410SVO TU5 D
SU766 KRR1430 – 1640SVO TU5 D
SU768 KRR1645 – 1855SVO TU5 D
SU772 KRR2110 – 2325SVO TU5 D
4th Daily Moscow – Adler/Sochi will be added from 05JUN08 with A320. SU871/872 in peak time will be operated by larger Ilyushin IL-86 aircraft
SU869 SVO1025 – 1250AER TU5 D
SU871 SVO1415 – 1640AER TU5 D (ILW: 14JUN08 – 21SEP08)
SU867 SVO1630 – 1900AER TU5 4 05JUN08-
SU867 SVO1630 – 1900AER 320 x4 05JUN08-
SU873 SVO2040 – 2305AER 735 x6
SU874 AER0820 – 1040SVO 735 x7
SU870 AER1455 – 1715SVO TU5 D
SU872 AER1845 – 2105SVO TU5 D (ILW: 14JUN08 – 21SEP08)
SU868 AER2010 – 2240SVO TU5 4 05JUN08-
SU868 AER2010 – 2240SVO 320 x4 05JUN08-
Moscow – Anapa will have 2 daily flights all operated by its own aircraft
SU701 SVO0905 – 1120AAQ TU5 D
SU703 SVO1240 – 1500AAQ TU5 D
SU702 AAQ1230 – 1440SVO TU5 D
SU704 AAQ1620 – 1810SVO TU5 D
2 of 4 Daily Moscow – Kaliningrad flight will be operated by 737-500 instead of Tupolev Tu-154.
Flight to the CIS, changes includes:
Increase from 7 to 10 weekly on the Moscow – Bishkek route between 13JUN08 and 05OCT08
SU181 SVO1005 – 1615FRU TU5 357 13JUN08 – 05OCT08
SU179 SVO2240 – 0510+1FRU 321 D
SU180 FRU0640 – 0930SVO 321 D
SU182 FRU1750 – 2020SVO TU5 357 13JUN08 – 05OCT08
Tashkent flight remains Daily A321 service
It’ll relaunch service on the Moscow – Tbilisi service from 30MAR08 with 6 weekly flights
SU197 SVO0040 – 0325TBS TU5 x1
SU198 TBS0600 – 0835SVO TU5 x1
On the Moscow – Yerevan route, SU191/192 flight will be operated by Ilyushin Il-86 between 14JUN08 and 21SEP08
Garuda 2008 Summer timetable changes
Few adjustments for Garuda Indonesia’s 2008 Northern Summer timetable.
Double Daily Denpasar – Perth starting 30MAR08
GA728 DPS0130 – 0510PER 738 D
GA726 DPS1240 – 1615PER 738 x3
GA727 PER0715 – 1100DPS 738 D
GA729 PER1715 – 2100DPS 738 x3
Effective 16APR08, Jakarta – Hong Kong service will be switched from daily 737-800 to 5 weekly A330. The 5 weekly A330 service will then increase to 6 weekly from 10JUN08.
Starting 02JUN08, resumption of 3 weekly Denpasar – Nagoya onboard A330.
Jakarta – Jeddah will gradually increase from 3 to 8 weekly.
4th weekly flight, operates from 06FEB08 on Day 3. Day 1 service begins 27FEB08, and will increase to x26 from 17MAR08.
The new flight GA980/981 will be turnaround service.
GA980 CGK0930 – 1500JED 744 4
GA984 CGK1140 – 1710JED1910 – 2040RUH 744 246
GA980 CGK1240 – 1810JED 744 x246
GA981 JED1700 – 0625+1CGK 744 4
GA981 JED2010 – 0935+1CGK 744 x246
Air China Southwest branch New Year rush 2008
Air China’s Southwest branch has unveiled its plan for the Chinese New Year rush.
The “Spring Festival Transport Plan” will last 40 days from 23JAN08 to 02MAR08.
It’ll be adding additional 794 flights, capacity of 122000 during this period.
There will be…
*24 extra flights on Chengdu – Guangzhou
*20 extra flights on Chengdu – Wenzhou
*62 extra flights on Chengdu – Lhasa
*14 extra flights on Chengdu – Shenzhen
*40 extra flights on Chengdu – Uruqmi
Between 06FEB08 and 12FEB08, Chengdu – Sanya will be increased by 1 daily flights, as well as 15 extra flights. Chengdu to Kunming, Jonghong, LiJiang City will also sees various increase. There will also be 1 extra daily flight operating between 07FEB08 to 12FEB08 on Chengdu – Jiuzhaigou route.
The parent company Air China will also be adding extra 100 flights from Guangzhou to Luzhou (20 extra flights), Wanxian (22) , Yibin (various), Mianyan (21)g and Dazhou (22).
Internationally, Air China Southwest Branch will operate Chengdu – Siem Reap on 04FEB08/08FEB08/12FEB08 (CA4029 CTU1930 – 2205REP). It’ll also add extra 7 flights on Chengdu – Phuket, and a number of flights to Kuala Lumpur and Penang. Chengdu – Singapore will increase from 5 to 7 weekly from 26JAN08.
Shandong Airlines launch 2 new Nanjing routes
Starting 15JAN08, Shandong Airlines will launch Tianjin – Nanjing – Xiamen
SC4768/CA4768 TSN1200 – 1325NKG1410 – 1545XMN 733 25
SC4767/CA4767 XMN0725 – 0900NKG0945 – 1115TSN 733 25
SIA’s new attempt for 5 daily Shanghai flight
Singapore Airlines is pushing for the 5th daily service to Shanghai once again.
SQ816 SIN0115 – 0635PVG 773 D
SQ828 SIN0805 – 1325PVG 772 D
SQ830 SIN1010 – 1530PVG 773 D
SQ832 SIN1245 – 1805PVG 772 D
SQ836 SIN1705 – 2225PVG 773 D
SQ835 PVG0010 – 0525SIN 773 D
SQ815 PVG0805 – 1320SIN 773 D
SQ831 PVG1430 – 1945SIN 772 D
SQ833 PVG1635 – 2150SIN 773 D
SQ827 PVG1910 – 0025+1SIN 772 D
Flight SQ835, is the new flight number that will replace SQ825 effective 30MAR08.
SIA Australia increase; 77W to India
Singapore Airlines is increasing service to Australia starting the 2008 Northern Summer Timetable.
There will be 4 daily flights to Sydney (24 weekly between 30MAR08 – 30MAY08)
SQ231 SIN0030 – 0955SYD 744 D
SQ233 SIN0700 – 1620SYD 77W D (246 30MAR08 – 30MAY08)
SQ219 SIN0930 – 1855SYD 744 D
SQ221 SIN2035 – 0555+1SYD 380 D
SQ220 SYD0805 – 1420SIN 744 D
SQ232 SYD1130 – 1745SIN 77W D (246 30MAR08 – 30MAY08)
SQ222 SYD1530 – 2145SIN 380 D
SQ234 SYD1735 – 2350SIN 77W D (246 30MAR08 – 30MAY08)
Flights to Brisbane will increase from 14 to 17 weekly from 30MAR08, and to 21 weekly from 02JUL08
SQ255 SIN0010 – 0935BNE 772 D (467 30MAR08 – 01JUL08)
SQ245 SIN0955 – 1920BNE 772 D
SQ235 SIN2110 – 0635+1BNE 772 D
SQ256 BNE0930 – 1530SIN 772 D (467 30MAR08 – 01JUL08)
SQ236 BNE1445 – 2045SIN 772 D
SQ246 BNE2345 – 0545+1SIN 772 D
Also, Delhi service starting 01JUN08, will be receiving 777-300ER service on daily SQ408/407 service.
EVA Increase Osaka flight; launching KIX-LAX
EVA Air has confirmed launching 3 weekly Taipei – Osaka – Los Angeles service starting 30MAR08.
As a result of the increase to 10 weekly flight, there is a capacity adjustment as the current daily 777-300ER flight will be switched to A330-200.
BR2132 TPE0830 – 1150KIX 332 D
BR2131 KIX1255 – 1505TPE 332 D
BR168 TPE1030 – 1400KIX1530 – 0945LAX 77W 257
BR167 LAX1210 – 1605+1KIX1730+1 – 1925+1TPE 77W 257
