China Airlines temporarily reductions to Ho Chi Minh
China Airlines in October and November is reducing service on the Taipei – Ho Chi Minh route from 14 to 12 weekly.
CI685/686 (CI783/784 from 26OCT08) is only operating Day x24 from 01OCT08 to 30NOV08.
THAI reduce Nagoya flight
THAI has reduced the Bangkok – Nagoya route from 10 to 9 weekly.
TG646/647, redeye from Nagoya, is losing 1 weekly frequency
Continental 767 to Berlin
Between 26OCT08 and 27MAR09, Continental’s Newark – Berlin Tegel route will be operated by Boeing 767-200.
1994: DELTA long-haul routes
The following is DELTA’s Long-haul route network in the Summer of 1994. Info taken from DELTA Worldwide Timetable effective 01JUN94.
Air Mauritius limited service to Sydney in Dec/Jan
Air Mauritius is operating service to Sydney for a limited time from 15DEC08 to 26JAN09. The airline has suspended service to Sydney in September as the airline was consolidating its service in Australia.
MK942 MRU1355 – 0620+1SYD 343 13
MK943 SYD0750 – 0920MEL1105 – 1650MRU 343 24
Shizuoka Airport gets IATA airport code
The 3-letter IATA code of Shizuoka Airport in Japan, scheduled to be open in March 2009, has loaded into the GDS.
The Airport code is FSZ, while Shizuoka City is QSZ
JAL E170 Schedules
As mentioned earlier, JAL Group carrier J-Air is introducing new Embraer E170 on 3 routes from 01FEB09.
The flights which is to be operated by E170 are the following.
Nagoya Komaki – Fukuoka
JL4401/4404
JL4403/4408
JL4405/4410
JL4411/4414
JL4413/4400 continues to be operated by CRJ200
Nagoya Komaki – Mtasuyama
JL4391/4392
JL4397/4398 continues to be operated by CRJ200
The Shizuoka – Fukuoka schedule is not yet loaded into the GDS
1955: Air France Routes In Africa
07OCT08 is the 75th Anniversary of Air France.
One of the Air France’s historic era was the operation within Africa and Madagascar. The following is the routing, frequency, and aircraft used for the Intra-Africa and Intra-Madagascar route. Note that UTA (UT) route is NOT listed below. The routes and notes are the following: Read more 
TAROM 737 replace 310 to London
TAROM’s A310 service on the Bucharest – London Heathrow route has been replaced by Boeing 737
TAROM to launch 2 new routes from Cluj
TAROM is to launch new service out of Cluj.
Starting 26OCT08, there will be 4 weekly service to Rome
RO405 CLJ0725 – 0840FCO 73G x135
RO406 FCO1000 – 1310CLJ 73G x135
Starting 08DEC08, there will be 3 weekly service to Paris CDG
RO385 CLJ0555 – 0755CDG 73G 135
RO386 CDG0925 – 1315CLJ 73G 135
UNITED reduce LA – Vegas flight
Starting 02NOV08, UNITED’s Los Angeles – Las Vegas service is being reduced from 7 to 5 Daily.
Air New Zealand to start Masterton NZ
Air New Zealand link will start Auckland – Masterton service from 15FEB09. Masterton is located approximately 82Km/69Mi from Palmerston North, and 82Km/51Mi from Wellington.
NZ2223 AKL1830 – 1945MRO BEH x56
NZ2223 AKL1900 – 2015MRO BEH 5
NZ2224 MRO0705 – 0820AKL BEH x67
NZ2226 MRO2030 – 2145AKL BEH 5
ETIHAD aircraft shuffle to Delhi/Mumbai in Summer 09
ETIHAD as of 06OCT08 Amadeus timetable display is showing aircraft shuffle on service to Delhi and Mumbai starting 30MAR09.
Abu Dhabi – Delhi
26OCT08 – 29MAR09
346 3 weekly
320 1-2 weekly
332 2-3 weekly
Eff 30MAR09
332 6 weekly
346 1 weekly
Abu Dhabi – Mumbai
Eff 26OCT08 – 31DEC08
332 5 weekly
320 2 weekly
01JAN09 – 29MAR09
332 5 weekly
320 1 weekly
346 1 weekly
Eff 30MAR09
332 3 weekly
346 2 weekly
320 2 weekly
UNITED operating service for Air Pacific
Air Pacific’s Boeing 747-400 fleet is currently under-going regular maintenance check, which is currently out of service. As a result, UNITED is operating some flights for Air Pacific on the Los Angeles – Nadi and Nadi – Sydney route.
In Amadeus, there are no specification on the former, but the latter is showing FJ5911 (SYD – NAN) instead of FJ911 when its own 744 is not operating.
FJ5911 is displaying configuration J40Y307.
JAL E170 Routes
JAL Group carrier J-Air has received its First of 10 Embraer 170 on order.
The airline plans to operate E170 on the following routes.
Feb 2009
Nagoya Komaki – Fukuoka
Nagoya Komaki – Matsuyama
Mar 2009
Shizuoka – Fukuoka
