Air China 330 to Rome from Sep 08
Starting 01SEP08, Air China’s Beijing – Rome service will be operated by A330-200 instead of Boeing 747-400COMBI
UNI increase Taipei – Guangzhou flight
UNI Air is increasing Taipei Sung Shan – Guangzhou charter service from 1 to 2 weekly, with new Day 1 service from 08SEP08.
EVA Air extra flights to Bangkok
EVA Air from 01OCT08 to 25OCT08 is operating extra Day 35 service on the Taipei – Bangkok BR211/212 flight. This flight in particular will be operating on a daily basis.
Extra services are operated by 777-300ER, except 01OCT08 and 22OCT08 is operated by A330.
EVA Air extra flights to HK
EVA Air from 17SEP08 to 24OCT08 is operating extra Taipei – Hong Kong 6 weekly service
BR1851 TPE1900 – 2040HKG 332 x6
BR1852 HKG2140 – 2320TPE 332 x6
Air Canada Hawaii triangle flight
Air Canada’s Honolulu – Vancouver service on Day 4 from 03SEP08 to 22OCT08 is making a stop in Kahului
AC047 YVR1800 – 2055HNL2210 – 2258OGG2355 – 0835+1YVR 767 4
Air Canada extends Toronto – Beijing reductions
As of 30AUG08 Amadeus timetable display, Air Canada’s frequency reduction on the Toronto – Beijing service to 4 weekly is being extended till 30APR09
AC plans limited 777 run on Vancouver – London
Air Canada as of 30AUG08 Amadeus timetable display is showing Boeing 777-300ER operating Vancouver – London AC854/855 service from 29MAR09 to 31MAY09
Cathay plans 744 return to Rome
Cathay Pacific plans to operate Boeing 747-400 once again on the Hong Kong – Rome route 3 times a week (Day 247) from 01MAR09 to 26MAR09.
By 29MAR09, 747-400 service to be operating on a Daily basis.
TAM 1st 777 in service
TAM has received First Boeing 777-300ER and it is being deployed on the Sao Paulo – Santiago de Chile route since 28AUG08 till 19SEP08
The 777-300ER features 3-class service.
First Class
7 Seats
Row 1
AC-DFG-HK
Business Class
56 Seats
Row 5-12
AC-DFG-HK
Economy Class
302 Seats
Row 15 – 46
ABC – DEFG – HJK (Row 43-46 is AC – DEFG – HK)
Exit Rows: 19, 34
There are no: 18ABC, 18HJK, 34 DEFG
Wing section starts Row 12 to 26
Emirates 777-200LR to Johannesburg
Emirates plans to operate Boeing 777-200LR aircraft on the Dubai – Johannesburg route, 4 times a week on EK765/766 (Day 1345) from 01SEP08 to 24OCT08
British Airways reduce flights to Delhi and Chennai
British Airways is reducing a number of flights to Delhi and Chennai
The cut involves on the 2nd Daily BA257/256 for Delhi flight
From 02DEC08 to 14DEC08 (London departure), Day 13 service is being cancelled
From 01FEB09 to 22FEB09 (London departure), Day 3 service is being cancelled
From 28FEB09 to 28MAR09 (London departure), Day 2 service is being cancelled
Service to Chennai will see flights reduced from 5 to 4 weekly from 01FEB09 to 09FEB09, and 27FEB09 to 28MAR09
Air France opens CDG 2G on 03SEP08
Air France franchise carriers is moving operation in CDG from 03SEP08 to the new Terminal 2G. The following destinations will be moved to 2G at designated date.
Eff 03SEP08
Strasbourg
Eff 08SEP08
Bremen
Clermont Ferrand
Florence
Genoa
Gothenburg
Hanover
Leipzig
Limoges
Eff 16SEP08
Bilbao
Muenster
Ljubljana
Mulhouse
Nuremberg
Pisa
Pau
Rennes
Trieste
Vigo
Verona
AEROFLOT 2nd Daily to Krasnojarsk
AEROFLOT is starting 2nd Daily Moscow Sheremetyevo – Krasnojarsk flight from 05SEP08. The service was supposed to be launched on 30MAR08
SU781 SVO0140 – 1020KJA 320 D
SU779 SVO2100 – 0540+1KJA 321 D
SU780 KJA0710 – 0805SVO 321 D
SU782 KJA1150 – 1310SVO 320 D
Note SU779/780 currently operates with B767 till 31AUG08 and operated by Ilyushin IL96 from 01SEP08 to 04SEP08 only
S7 nonstop Moscow – Bratsk
S7 Airlines from 06SEP08 is operating nonstop Moscow Domodedovo – Bratsk service, replacing1-stop flight via Irkuts.
Till 04SEP08
S7121 DME2345 – 0955+1IKT1125+1 – 1230+1BTK 319 46
S7122 BTK1430 – 1530IKT1705 – 1805DME 319 57
Eff 06SEP08
S7121 DME2135 – 0735+1BTK 319 26
S7122 BTK0845 – 0930DME 319 37
TAP increase Sao Tome flight
TAP Portugal starting 26OCT08 will introduce 2nd weekly A310 service on the Lisbon – Sao Tome route
The new flight operates on Day 2, in addition to Day 4
ANA plans limited 777 flight to Frankfurt
As per Amadeus update on 30AUG08, ANA plans to operate Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on the Tokyo – Frankfurt route on 03MAR09 and 05MAR09
Lufthansa to drop Lahore
In the Amadeus availability, Lufthansa has Zero’d out all inventories for flights to Lahore from 26OCT08
Air France/KLM ends FFP ties with TAM
Air France-KLM is terminating FFP parternship with Brazilian carrier TAM from 01NOV08
Indian Airlines to start Bangalore – Sharjah
Indian Airlines from 01OCT08 is to start 4 weekly Bangalore – Sharjah service with A320
IC961/AI9961 BLR2015 – 2215SHJ 320 x135
IC962/AI9962 SHJ0005 – 0500BLR 320 x246
