Cathay Pacific/Dragonair suspend operation
Due to Category 2 typhoon “Nuri”, Cathay Pacific and Dragonair is suspending all operations from 1400LT 22AUG08 to 0200LT 23AUG08 at the earliest.
Last Cathay Pacific flight of the day is CX870 to San Francisco, departing 1410LT
JAL New Flight details for 08/09 Winter
The new flights added by JAL on international routes for the 08/09 Winter season are the following.
Osaka Kansai – Shanghai Pu Dong
JL793 KIX1030 – 1215PVG 767 D
JL627 KIX1440 – 1625PVG 767 D
JL629 KIX1850 – 2035PVG 767* D
JL620 PVG0850 – 1150KIX 767* D
JL794 PVG1335 – 1635KIX 767 D
JL628 PVG1730 – 2030KIX 767 D
*737-800 eff 01JAN09
Osaka Kansai – Seoul Incheon
JL961 KIX0930 – 1130ICN 767 D
JL965 KIX1305 – 1505ICN 767* D
JL963 KIX1505 – 1705ICN 767 D
JL962 ICN1225 – 1405KIX 767 D
JL966 ICN1605 – 1745KIX 767* D
JL964 ICN1800 – 1940KIX 767 D
*737-800 eff 01JAN09
Re-Scheduling
*Tokyo – Kuala Lumpur
Till 25OCT08
JL723 NRT1405 – 2020KUL 767 D
Eff 26OCT08
JL723 NRT1130 – 1810KUL 767 D
*Tokyo – Busan (Change on JL969/960)
Till 25OCT08
JL969 NRT1510 – 1715PUS 767 D
JL960 PUS1205 – 1400NRT 767 D
JL969 NRT1700 – 1920PUS 73H D
JL960 PUS0810 – 1000NRT 73H D
*Osaka Kansai – Busan
Till 25OCT08
JL967 KIX1405 – 1530PUS 767 D
JL968 PUS1625 – 1740KIX 767 D
Eff 26OCT08
JL967 KIX0930 – 1100PUS 767 D
JL968 PUS1155 – 1315KIX 767 D
LAN reduce Auckland/Sydney flight
From 12OCT08, LAN’s Santiago de Chile – Auckland – Sydney is being reduced from Daily to 6 weekly,
Nepal continues Shanghai suspension
It appears that Nepal Airlines didn’t resume service to Shanghai after all.
Last update can be found here.
Nepal Airlines adds 3rd weekly to Bangkok
Nepal Airlines from 29OCT08 is adding 3rd weekly Kathmandu – Bangkok route, as per Amadeus
RA401 KTM0830 – 1250BKK 757 15
RA401 KTM1155 – 1620BKK 757 3
RA402 BKK1350 – 1600KTM 757 15
RA402 BKK1720 – 1930KTM 757 3
Aerolineas Argentinas drop planned NY/Cordoba launch
Aerolineas Argentinas appears to be NOT returning to the Buenos Aires – New York JFK route in the Northern Winter season as per schedule update on 21AUG08.
Previous update shows the airline intended to resume 4 weekly flight
Also, planned Buenos Aires – Cordoba (Chile) is also removed from the GDS
Air France 777-300ER to Mexico City in Sep
Amadeus timetable currently displays Air France operating Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on Paris – Mexico City on 10SEP08, operating as AF439/438.
As per FLIFO, Air France is not selling 6 First class Seats on this flight
MEXICANA cuts Caracas frequencies
MEXICANA from 01JAN09 on Amadeus is displaying a reduction on the Mexico City – Caracas flight.
MX377/376, a 5 weekly A318 service, is being suspended from that date. Total number of weekly flight is 7 (reduced from 12)
AeroMexico reduce Seattle flight
AeroMexico’s nonstop Mexico City – Seattle service is to be reduced from 5 to 3 weekly from 04JAN09.
AeroMexico adds Barcelona flight
AeroMexico is adding 3rd weekly Mexico City – Barcelona flight from 02DEC08.
The 3rd weekly frequency, departs Day 2 (Day 3 from Barcelona), is operating with 767-300 for the month of December.
AeroMexico 08/09 N Winter to Argentina
Amadeus schedule is displaying AeroMexico operating NONSTOP Cancun – Buenos Aires with Boeing 767 from 10JAN09 to 28FEB09, weekly service. 1 of 3 weekly Mexico City – Buenos Aires nonstop from 06FEB09 once again will be operated by a 737 with tech stop in Lima. Schedule below:
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Air China 08/09 Winter Sked Update: 2
Additional Air China 08/09 Winter changes as of 21AUG08 is listed below. Original posting can be found here. Please note all final schedules are still subject to change
Reductions
*Madrid – Sao Paulo is cancelled. Beijing – Madrid kept with 2 weekly
*Beijing – Rome reduced Daily to 5 weekly
Increases
*Beijing – Delhi increase has now scaled back. Increase from 4 to 5 weekly (previously Daily)
Aircraft change
*Beijing – Bangkok all service now displaying 737-800, previous was 757 on CA979/980
*Beijing – Singapore nonstop flight is operated by 767-300, instead of mix of -200/-300
*Beijing – Hong Kong is operating with A320/321 and 777, changes below
|
Route |
Till 25OCT08 |
Eff 26OCT08 |
|
CA101/102 CA111/112 CA109/110 CA115/116 CA117/118 CA107/108 |
330 738 772 / 762 738 738 738 |
321 320 772 320 772 320 |
*Beijing – Seoul will also see aircraft changes
|
Route |
Till 25OCT08 |
Eff 26OCT08 |
|
CA123/124 CA125/126 CA137/138 |
777 / 321 738 777 |
330 738 738 |
*Beijing – Stockholm is displaying no longer operated by A330, instead it is a 767-300
Misc.
*Beijing – Macau service as of 21AUG08 schedule update, will not be resumed
*It appears that Boeing 767-200 fleet is being decommissioned from Air China starting October.
AEROFLOT 767 to Kamchatka
AEROFLOT from 04DEC08 plans to replace Ilyushin Il96 with Boeing 767 on the Moscow – Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky route
AEROFLOT temporarily Beijing reduction
Amadeus is displaying AEROFLOT’s Moscow – Beijing service is being reduced from 14 to 12 weekly from 26OCT08 to 25NOV08.
Day 36 from Moscow on SU573 and 47 from Beijing on SU574 is not operating during this period
AEROFLOT brings forward 330 inaugural to Shanghai
As of 21AUG08, Amadeus timetable display is showing AEROFLOT’s A330 service to Shanghai is now planned on 28NOV08 instead of 21DEC08.
The A330 operates 6 weekly flights while the 767-300 operates Sunday service.
AirCalin temporarily reduce Osaka flight
AirCalin is temporarily reducing service to Osaka.
Service is not operating on:
06OCT08
13OCT08
20OCT08
10NOV08
nwa Amsterdam shuffle
nwa NORTHWEST AIRLINES is shuffling operations for Amsterdam flight in the 2008/09 Winter season.
From Washington, it is adding 5 weekly service in addition to KLM Daily flight
NW044/KL6044 IAD1605 – 0600+1AMS 757 x24
NW043/KL6043 AMS1035 – 1400IAD 757 x24
From New York JFK, it is adding 3rd daily flight in addition to KLM’s 2 Daily flight
NW054/KL6054 JFK1630 – 0600+1AMS 757 D
NW053/KL6053 AMS0805 – 1055JFK 757 D
From Newark, nwa will reduce from 2 to 1 Daily
From Boston, NW060/NW059 (KL6060/6059) flight is reducing to 6 weekly from 01OCT08
Detroit departure on NW036/035 (KL6036/6035) is reduced to 6 weekly
Portland OR departure reduced to 5 weekly
UNITED 777 to Beijing from September 08
UNITED is now displaying both Washington – Beijing and Chicago – Beijing will be operated by Boeing 777 effective 01SEP08 instead of 26OCT08.
Air Canada extra Beijing flight
Air Canada on 24AUG08 is operating 1 extra flight on the Toronto – Beijing route with 777-300ER
AC021 YYZ1620 – 1730+1PEK 77W 24AUG08
AC022 PEK1900 – 1950YYZ 77W 25AUG08
QANTAS 6th weekly to Jo’Burg
QANTAS from 10DEC08 is displaying 6 weekly service on the Sydney – Johannesburg route.
From 10DEC08 to 02FEB09, service operates Dx6 and changes to Dx2 from 03FEB09
