5 New airasia routes
airasia will launch the following routes in the coming weeks:
2 Daily Kuala Lumpur – Singapore
AK123 KUL1000 – 1055SIN
AK127 KUL1950 – 2050SIN
AK124 SIN130 – 1225KUL
AK128 SIN2140 – 2240KUL
4 weekly Kuala Lumpur – Yogjakarta
AK1004 KUL1355 – 1525JOG x257
AK1005 JOG1555 – 1925KUL x257
3 weekly Kuala Lumpur – Banda Aceh
AK921 KUL1155 – 1220BTJ 257
AK922 BTJ1245 – 1510KUL 257
1 Daily Kuala Lumpur – Guangzhou
AK042 KUL0550 – 0950CAN
AK043 CAN1025 – 1425KUL
3 weekly Kuching – Macau
AK488 KCH1540 – 1925MFM
AK489 MFM1955 – 2340KCH
Cebu Pacific launching Vietnam service
Cebu Pacific will begin Vietnam service to Hanoi from 10APR08 with 3 weekly service and 4 weekly service to Ho Chi Minh from 11APR08. All services operated by Airbus 319.
MNL2250 – 0025+1HAN 247
HAN0110 – 0445MNL 135
MNL2250 – 0015+1SGN x247
SGN0100 – 0425MNL x135
airBaltic to Billund
airBaltic will begin 2 weekly Riga – Billund service from 01MAY08 with 737-500.
BT145 RIX1800 – 1850BLL 735 7
BT145 RIX1900 – 1950BLL 735 4
BT146 BLL1920 – 2200RIX 735 7
BT146 BLL2020 – 2300RIX 735 4
Virgin Blue to codeshare with Skywest
Virgin Blue and Skywest (Australia) has reached a codeshare deal which begins 04FEB08, giving Virgin Blue access to Port Hedland, Kalgoorlie-Boulder and Kununurra plus additional frequencies to Broome.
Royal Jordanian A319 Routes
Starting 02APR08, Royal Jordanian Airlines will replace A340-200 with A319 (C12Y90) on Amman – Delhi route. The frequency will be doubled from 3 to 6 weekly as a result.
It’ll also be operating new A319s on the:
RJ712/713 Amman – Riyadh Day 4 05JUN08 – 28AUG08
RJ600/601 Amman – Muscat Day 3 04JUN08 – 27AUG08
RJ800/801 Amman – Kuwait City Day 7 03AUG08 – 14SEP08
RJ127/128 Amman – Vienna 3-4 weekly
RJ101/102 Amman – Rome 1 weekly
Amman – Dammam will be increased from 4 to 7 weekly
Amman – Bahrain will be increased from 4 to 7 weekly between 31MAY08 and 01SEP08
Shanghai Airlines new route to Bangkok
Shanghai Airlines is operating 2 weekly Shanghai – Chongqing – Bangkok onboard a 737 from 22JAN08.
FM9445 PVG1900 – 2205CKG2300 – 0130+1BKK 737 24
FM9446 BKK0235 – 0640CKG0920 – 1120PVG 737 35
BA 744 to Beijing
British Airways will operate Daily 747-400 service to Beijing during Summer 2008, replacing 777s.
JAL temporarily plan for 2008/09 Winter
JAL is currently planning to operate Boeing 767 service on the Tokyo – Denpasar route, effective 26OCT08. This will replace B747-400 service. However, further changes is expected.
Tokyo – Singapore route is currently planned for Daily 777 and Daily 767, instead of Daily 744 and Daily 777
Tokyo – Bangkok route is currently showing 1 Daily 744 and 1 Daily 777 for winter 2008/09 instead of 1 Daily 744 and 2 Daily 777
Tokyo – Guangzhou, effective 01OCT08, will see 737-800 operating on JL669/660 flight, replacing 767-300
Osaka – Hangzhou to be reduced from 3 to 2 weekly 737-800 eff 15DEC08
Air India 330 update
Air India is currently operating A330-200 on Mumbai – Singapore route (AI442/443) daily except Saturday
ANA shuffles Taipei schedule
ANA Group is readjusting its 2 daily Tokyo – Taipei service effective 30MAR08.
The new schedule offers a choice of morning and evening departures.
EL2103/NH1081 NRT0920 – 1150TPE 763 D
EL2109/NH1083 NRT1820 – 2050TPE 763 D
EL2110/NH1084 TPE0840 – 1250NRT 763 D
EL2104/NH1082 TPE1300 – 1710NRT 763 D
Current EL2109/2110 schedule departs Tokyo around noon hours and leaves Taipei mid-afternoon.
The “EL” flight number will be changed to “NH” flight number around mid-March on the GDS.
Mahan Air reschedules BKK; 747 routes.
Iran’s Mahan Air has rescheduled its Tehran – Bangkok flight since 14JAN08. The flight operates 4 weekly and is operated by a Boeing 747-400 (C20Y405)
W55045 IKA0720 – 1730BKK 744 x126
W55044 BKK0710 – 1200IKA 744 x237
In addition to Bangkok, Mahan Air is operating 747 -400 service onthe 2 daily Tehran – Dubai service.
Air Canada tentative 2008/09 Winter widebody routes
Air Canada is current showing the following routes in 2008/09 Winter programme, operated by widebody aircraft. Note these are expected to change during the course of next 10 months until they’re finalized. All flights are daily throughout the 2008/09 Winter timetable. Exceptions will be remarked after the individual routes.
B767-300
Daily Vancouver – Seoul
Daily Vancouver – Osaka
Daily Vancouver – Beijing
Daily Vancouver – Shanghai
Daily Vancouver – Honolulu (2 Daily eff 01DEC08)
Vancouver – Kahului (Progressively to Daily from 20DEC08)
Weekly Vancouver – Kona eff 06DEC08
Daily Edmonton – London
Daily Toronto – Lima
Daily Toronto – Sao Paulo
Daily Toronto – Santiago de Chile – Buenoes Aires
4 weekly Toronto – Madrid
3 weekly Toronto – Rome
5 weekly Toronto – Zurich
Daily Toronto – Frankfurt (AC876/877 till 30NOV08)
5 weekly Toronto – Munich
Daily Toronto – Paris
2 Daily Toronto – London (AC868/869/858/859)
4 weekly Toronto – Tel Aviv
5 weekly Ottawa – Frankfurt
Daily Ottawa – London
Daily Halifax – London
B777-200LR
Daily Toronto – Vancouver – Sydney
Daily Toronto – Shanghai
Daily Toronto – Hong Kong
Daily Toronto – London (AC856/857)
B777-300ER
Daily Toronto – Beijing
Daily Toronto – Tokyo
Daily Toronto – Frankfurt (2 Daily eff 01DEC08)
Daily Toronto – London (AC848/849)
Daily Montreal – Paris
A330-300
Daily Vancouver – London
Daily Calgary – Frankfurt (Replacing 763; seasonal adjustment)
Daily Calgary – London
Daily Montreal – London
Daily Montreal – Frankfurt
(edited 0701 18JAN08)
SIA 77W to Mumbai
Singapore Airlines will begin operating B777-300ER aircraft on the Singapore – Mumbai route, effective 01JUL08, as SQ424/423.
SQ422/421 effective 26JUN08 will be a daily 777-300 operation instead of a mix of 772 and 773.
