EVA Air cancels Auckland
EVA Air will cancel Taipei – Auckland route from 01SEP08.
Luxair 2nd weekly to Malaga
Luxair from 03SEP08 to 15OCT08 will operate 2nd weekly Luxembourg – Malaga service
LG665 LUX1100 – 1340AGP 73W 3
LG667 LUX1635 – 1915AGP 73W 7
LG668 AGP2010 – 2250LUX 73W 37
Jet Airways 330 to New York JFK
Jet Airways has replaced Boeing 777-300ER with A330-200 on New York JFK service.
There are also 2 daily A330 to Brussels (from India) as well.
Jet Airways shuffles Brussels scissor hub
Jet Airways starting today made minor adjustments to its Brussels scissor hub.
Delhi – Brussels – New York JFK has switched to Delhi – Brussels – Toronto
Chennai – Brussels – Toronto has switched to Chennai – Brussels – New York JFK
Garuda increase Denpasar – Singapore flight
From 01NOV08, Garuda Indonesia’s Denpasar – Singapore route will be increased from 11 to 14 weekly. The increase is focused on GA846/847, currently operates 4 times a week
Garuda extra flight to Sydney and Melbourne
Garuda Indonesia will add 6th weekly flight on the Denpasar – Sydney route from 03SEP08. 5th weekly service will be added to Denpasar – Melbourne route from 07OCT08
Air China re-route Fukuoka service on 08AUG08
On 08AUG08, Air China’s Fukuoka – Dalian – Beijing service will eliminate the stop in Dalian to avoid the closure of Beijing airport during Olympic opening ceremony
The new flight schedule on 08AUG08:
CA954 FUK1510 – 1640PEK 738
Original schedule
CA954 FUK1510 – 1610DLC1705 – 1820PEK 738
TACA ends Oakland service from Sep 08
TACA will cease San Salvador – Oakland service from 01SEP08.
Currently it operates Daily service on this route
flybaboo/Darwin codesharing
flyBaboo currently codeshares with Darwin Airlines on the latter’s Geneva – Lugano service
| Route |
F7 Codesharing |
0D Operating |
| Geneva – Lugano |
F7001 F7011 F7005 |
0D011 0D015 0D019 |
| Lugano – Geneva |
F7006 |
0D018 |
Aerosvit/Lugansk Airlines codesharing
Aerosvit (VV) currently has a codeshare service operated by Lugansk Airlines (L7) on Kiev – Lugansk route
| Route |
VV Codesharing |
L7 Operating |
| Kiev – Lugansk |
VV4680 |
L7680 |
| Lugansk – Kiev |
VV4679 |
L7679 |
Sudan Airways cancellations
As per Amadeus, Sudan Airways has cancelled the following destinations as a result of the groundings of Airbus 310:
Addis Ababa
London
The following destinations has been operated by A300 instead of A310:
Abu Dhabi
Cairo
Doha
Dubai
Jeddah
Kano
Riyadh
It has also cancelled service to the following cities:
Nairobi
Tripoli
Siem Reap Airways to Luang Prabang
Siem Reap Airways will offer one-way only from Laos capital Luang Prabang to Siem Reap in Cambodia from 28OCT08.
FT634 LPQ1210 – 1415REP AT7 246
Bangkok Air triples service to Luang Prabang
Bangkok Airways starting 26OCT08 will increase Bangkok – Luang Prabang flight from 1 to 3 Daily.
PG941 BKK0930 – 1130LPQ AT7 D
PG943 BKK1130 – 1330LPQ AT7 D
PG945 BKK1300 – 1500LPQ AT7 D
PG942 LPQ1210 – 1415BKK AT7 x246
PG944 LPQ1410 – 1615BKK AT7 D
PG946 LPQ1540 – 1745BKK AT7 D
PG943/944 operates until 28FEB09
Bangkok Air adds new flights to Ho Chi Minh
Bangkok Air from 21JAN09 will introduce 4 extra weekly service on the Bangkok – Ho Chi Minh route, which will raise number of weekly service from 7 to 11.
PG937 BKK0830 – 0955SGN 319 15
PG937 BKK0830 – 0955SGN 320 37
PG939 BKK1610 – 1735SGN 717 D
PG938 SGN1050 – 1210BKK 319 15
PG938 SGN1050 – 1210BKK 320 37
PG940 SGN1825 – 1945BKK 717 D
PG939/940 in the 2008 Summer season is operated with Airbus 319.
Midwest expands nwa codeshare
Midwest Airlines will expand domestic codesharing with nwa NORTHWEST AIRLINES effective 09AUG08.
The new codeshare will covers nwa’s hub in Detroit, Memphis and Minneapolis, over 100 citypairs.
BA 767 to Budapest
British Airways plans to operate Boeing 767 service on London Heathrow – Budapest route on BA866/867 on weekdays, effective 26OCT08.
BA delays Shamshabad flight
Planned 26OCT08 launch on the new London Heathrow – Shamshabad (Hyderabad) service by British Airways will be delayed until 06DEC08.
1st Emirates A380 commercial flight takes off
Emirates’ 1st Airbus A380 commercial flight takes off today. EK3801 departs from Dubai to New York.
EK3801 took off from Dubai at 1103 local time, 3 minutes later than scheduled, citing Operational Reasons. It has arrived at 1647 in JFK
BA outlines 2008/09 Winter capacity cuts
British Airways today announced capacity cut in the 2008/09 Winter schedule, a 6.4% reduction compared to the original plan.
This mainly affects service out of London Gatwick Airport.
It’ll suspend 4 routes out of London Gatiwck as of 26OCT08:
Poznan (POZ)
Sarajevo (SJJ)
Dresden (DRS)
Newquay (NQY)
Planned new service from London Gatwick to Valencia and Porto will not go ahead
THY changes to China on 08AUG08
Turkish Airlines on 07AUG08 service to China will operate as triangle service. The inbound flight from Shanghai will operate nonstop to Istanbul instead of via Beijing
TK020 IST2310 – 1320+1PEK1430+1 – 1635+1PVG 332 07AUG08
TK021 PVG2025 – 0400+1IST 332 08AUG08
