DoT: US Airways adds new Lufthansa codeshare cities
Lufthansa and US Airways submitted a notice to the DoT for adding additional codeshare citypairs starting 01AUG08.
Lufthansa’s “LH” code to be appeared on US Airways’:
Charlotte – Austin
Denver – Phoenix
US Airways’ “US” code to be appeared on Lufthansa’s:
Frankfurt – Athens
Frankfurt – Bahrain
Frankfurt – Doha
Frankfurt – Kolkata
Frankfurt – Stavanger
Munich – Athens
Munich – Zagreb*
*subject to US-Croatia’s pending open-skies deal
Docket OST2003-15946-0021
UNITED SF – Dallas down to 1 daily
UNITED’s San Francisco – Dallas route will be cut from 2 to 1 Daily from 02SEP08
Evening departure is being eliminated
EVA/UNI revised China schedule
EVA Air and UNI Air has revised its China schedule slightly.
The newly-revised schedule is the following:
Taipei CKS – Shanghai Pu Dong
BR1722* TPE1630 – 1925PVG 332 57
BR1721* PVG2025 – 2325TPE 332 57
B7138** TPE1040 – 1335PVG 332 1
B7137** PVG1435 – 1735TPE 332 1
* Day 7 service operates on 13JUL08/20JUL08/03AUG08/17AUG08/24AUG08
**Operating as BR1712/1711 on 28JUL08 and 01SEP08
Taipei Sung Shan – Shanghai Pu Dong
B7732 TSA0900 – 1155PVG M90 04JUL08
B7731 PVG1255 – 1555TSA M90 04JUL08
B7732 TSA1510 – 1805PVG M90 6*
B7731 PVG1905 – 2205TSA M90 6*
*Eff 12JUL08
Taipei CKS – Beijing
BR1716 TPE1040 – 1445PEK 332 6
BR1715 PEK1545 – 2000TPE 332 6
Taipei CKS – Guangzhou
BR1718 TPE1620 – 1815CAN 332 57
BR1717 CAN1915 – 2120TPE 332 57
Day 5 operates on 18JUL08 and 22AUG08 only
Day 7 operates on 06JUL08/27JUL08/10AUG08/31AUG08
Taipei Sung Shan – Guangzhou
B7758* TSA0900 – 1050CAN M90 5
B7757* CAN1800 – 2005TSA M90 5
*Operating as BR1798/1797 on 01AUG08
Kaohsiung – Guangzhou
B7258* KHH1500 – 1640CAN M90 5
B7257* CAN1950 – 2140KHH M90 5
*Operating as B7196/195 on 04JUL08
Taipei – Xiamen
B7196 TPE1700 – 1850XMN M90 07JUL08
B7195 XMN1950 – 2140TPE M90 07JUL08
Westjet launch 4 new routes in 2008/09 Winter
Westjet will launch 4 new routes in the 2008/09 Winter schedule.
*4 weekly Toronto – Barbados eff 03NOV08
WS712 YYZ0940 – 1554BGI 73W x247
WS713 BGI1700 – 2159YYZ 73W x247
*1 weekly Toronto – La Romana (Dominican Republic) eff 01NOV08
WS700 YYZ1115 – 1630LRM 73W 1
WS701 LRM1730 – 2109YYZ 73W 1
*1 Daily Calgary – Kamloops from 15DEC08
WS217 YYC1245 – 1254YKA 736 D
WS218 YKA1330 – 1523YYC 736 D
*1 Daily Calgary – Grande Prairie eff 01NOV08
WS150 YYC0800 – 0926YQU 73W D
WS151 YQU1000 – 1108YYC 73W D
UNITED axe Denver – London
1 more international route casualty at UNITED as it will be cancelling daily Denver – London service from 25OCT08.
SIA boosts Bangalore service
Effective 01SEP08, Singapore Airlines’ 10 weekly Singapore – Bangalore flight will be increased to 12 weekly.
SQ500/501, currently operating on Day 156, will be operating on Day 12456
Additional UNITED Int’l network shuffle
Additional changes to UNITED’s International network for 2008/09 Winter season are:
*Suspension of San Francisco – Taipei from 02SEP08
*Suspension of San Francisco – Nagoya from 25OCT08
*Suspension of Los Angeles – Frankfurt from 25OCT08
*Suspension of Chicago – Mexico City from 01SEP08
*Due to the cancellation of San Francisco – Taipei, it’ll be operating Tokyo – Taipei once again from 02SEP08
UA853 NRT1825 – 2115TPE 777 D
UA852 TPE1045 – 1455NRT 777 D
*Chicago – Tokyo service will be reduced from 2 to 1 Daily, eliminating UA883/884 from 02SEP08. UA881/882 will be operated by 744
Previously announced, Washington – Beijing and Chicago – Beijing will be operated by Boeing 777 instead of 747 from 25OCT08
