Dragonair Summer 08 highlights
Dragonair effecitve 30MAR08, Dragonair will adjust selected flights.
Kaohsiung
KA432/433, currently A321, will be switched to A330. This means total 5 daily A330 to Kaohsiung
Kathmandu
4 weekly service (x246) will be reduced to 3 weekly (247)
Sendai
Suspended for Summer 2008
Chongqing
Increase from 3 weekly (135) to 5 weekly (x46)
Changsha
Increase from 4 weekly to Daily, with selected days operating in the morning
KA728 HKG0850 – 1025CSX 320 13
KA720 HKG1555 – 1725CSX 320 467
KA720 HKG1740 – 1915CSX 320 25
KA729 CSX1110 – 1250HKG 320 13
KA721 CSX1820 – 2005HKG 320 467
KA721 CSX2000 – 2145HKG 320 25
Guilin
Increase from 4 weekly (x236) to Daily
Hangzhou
KA620/621, will be operated by A330 instead of A320 from 01JUN08
Kunming
Increase from Daily to 9 weekly
KA762 HKG0805 – 1025KMG 320 4
KA760 HKG1200 – 1420KMG 320 D
KA762 HKG1755 – 2015KMG 320 7
KA763 KMG1115 – 1340HKG 320 4
KA761 KMG1515 – 1740HKG 320 D
KA763 KMG2110 – 2335HKG 320 7
Nanjing
KA862/863 flight will increase from 4 weekly to Daily. There will be 2 daily from 30MAR08
Qingdao
Current 6 weekly 330 and 1 weekly 321 will be replaced by Daily 320
Wuhan
Increase from 2 weekly (37) to 4 weekly (1357)
Xian
Increase from 2 to 4 weekly, with the introduction of morning service
KA940 HKG0825 – 1115XIY 321 6
KA940 HKG0825 – 1115XIY 320 3
KA940 HKG1555 – 1840XIY 321 5
KA940 HKG1555 – 1840XIY 320 1
KA941 XIY1210 – 1500HKG 321 6
KA941 XIY1210- 1500HKG 320 3
KA941 XIY1935 – 2225HKG 321 5
KA941 XIY1935 – 2225HKG 320 1
It’ll also be launching new Daily 330 service to Bangalore.
COPA to start Port of Spain
COPA Airlines will begin 4 weekly service between Panama City and Port of Spain from 10MAR08.
CM275 PTY1210 – 1602POS E90 x237
CM274 POS1715 – 1910PTY E90 x237
Garuda DPS-Perth backs down to 10 weekly
Garuda Indonesia’s 13 weekly service between Denpasar and Perth, will be reduced to 10 weekly from 30MAR08.
GA728 DPS0130 – 0510PER 738 D
GA726 DPS1240 – 1615PER 738 246
GA727 PER0715 – 1100DPS 738 D
GA729 PER1715 – 2100DPS 738 246
More airBaltic new services/frequencies in Summer 2008
airBaltic will be launching additional new routes, including:
Riga – Chisinau
BT418 RIX1135 – 1445KIV F50 135
BT419 KIV1515 – 1820RIX F50 135
Riga – Kuopio
BT307 RIX1350 – 1555KUO F50 247 (17APR08 – )
BT308 KUO1625 – 1820RIX F50 247 (17APR08 – )
Vilnius – Simferopol
Schedule not yet released
Vilnius – Odessa
BT404 VNO1110 – 1345ODS F50 x246
BT405 ODS1415 – 1700VNO F50 x246
airBaltic at the meantime will increase frequencies on the following routes:
Up to 3 Daily Riga – Berlin
7 weekly Riga – Paris
5 weekly Riga – Rome
4 weekly Riga – Oulu
4 Daily Riga – Vilnius
5 weekly Riga – Tbilisi
7 weekly Riga – Odessa
17 weekly Riga – Liepaja
5 weekly Vilnius – Milan
5 weekly Vilnius – Berlin
Turkish Airlines retimes JFK flight
Turkish Airlines will retime New York service when the 2008 Summer schedule begins.
Till 29MAR08
TK001 IST1220 – 1745JFK 340 D
TK002 JFK1945 – 1145+1IST 340 D
Eff 30MAR08
TK001 IST0930 – 1400JFK 340 D
TK002 JFK1600 – 0940+1IST 340 D
Korean Air increase service to US during Summer peak
Korean Air between 01JUL08 and 31AUG08 will be adding extra flights to the US.
Seoul – Dallas Extra 1 weekly flight operating on Sunday, totals 4 weekly
Seoul – Las Vegas Extra 1 weekly flight operating on Monday, totals 4 weekly
Seoul – San Francisco Increase from 4 to 5 weekly from 29MAY08, Daily from 28JUN08 till 25OCT08
CSA/Korean to expand codesharing
ATWOnline (25JAN08) reports that CSA Czech Airlines will expand codeshare agreement with Korean Air.
Korean Air’s “KE” code will be placed on CSA flight to/from Prague and:
Bratislava, Zilina, Ostrava and Budapest.
Current under negotiation, CSA plans to place its “OK” code to Japan beyond Seoul.
UNITED axe Tokyo – Taipei
UNITED will cancel Tokyo – Taipei route and will instead codeshare on ANA when the latter takes over the operation from its subsidiary Air Nippon/ANK.
