Lufthansa plans 330 to Kazakhstan in Summer 09
Lufthansa as of 21OCT08 Amadeus timetable display is showing Airbus 330-300 operates 3 weekly Frankfurt – Almaty and 2 weekly Frankfurt – Astana – Almaty route for the Summer 2009 season.
A340-300 will operate another 2 weekly Frankfurt – Almaty service
UNITED/THY files additional codesharing points
UNITED and Turkish Airlines has filed a notification which both intends to add more codeshare citypairs.
Turkish Airlines’ “TK” code to appear on the following UNITED service out of Chicago:
Charlotte
Los Angeles
Phoenix
San Francisco
UNITED to codeshare on Turkish Airlines’ domestic routes from Istanbul to:
Ankara
Izmir
Docket Number 2008-0102-0004
AA/MALEV to codeshare via Milan
American and MALEV has issued a notice which both parties will begin codesharing on AA’s New York JFK – Milan and MALEV’s Milan – Budapest route, as early as 23NOV08.
Docket Number 2006-26737-0006
AEROFLOT/China Southern codeshare to begin
AEROFLOT will begin codesharing on China Southern’s Urumqi – Moscow route from 26OCT08.
| ROUTE | SU Codeshare | CZ Operating |
| Urumqi – Moscow | SU410 | CZ6001 |
| Moscow – Urumqi | SU409 | CZ6002 |
Ryanair adds 2 new Italian base/20 routes
Ryanair today announced it is opening 2 new bases in Italy, along with 20 new routes in the coming months.
Out of Rome Ciampino, there will be 5th Daily flight to Milan from 24NOV08 and new Daily route to Trapani from 04DEC08
The new Alghero base will be opened on 30MAR09 with the following routes:
30MAR09 Venice Treviso
31MAR09 Brussels Charleroi
31MAR09 Paris Beauvais
01APR09 Genoa
01APR09 Oslo Torp
The new Cagliari base will also be launched on 30MAR09:
effective 30MAR09
Brussels Charleroi
Genoa
Karlsruhe Baden
Paris Beauvais
Rome Ciampino
Trieste
Verona Brescia
effective 31MAR09
Cuneo
Dusseldorf Weeze
Edinburgh
Marseille
Seville
Venice Treviso
effective 01APR09
Manchester
Lufthansa CRJ700s to Iceland in Summer 09
Lufthansa plans to operate CRJ700 aircraft for Iceland service in the Summer of 2009.
Hamburg – Reykjavik
06JUN09 – 29AUG09
LH4998 HAM0930 – 1100KEF CR7 6
LH4999 KEF1140 – 1700HAM CR7 6
Dusseldorf – Reykjavik
New service in Summer 2009
06JUN09 – 29AUG09
LH4996 DUS1105 – 1230KEF CR7 6
LH4997 KEF1310 – 1825DUS CR7 6
SAS Copenhagen route cancellation
SAS is not operating the following routes for the 2008/09 Winter season out of Copenhagen:
Cologne
Prague
Pristina
Venice (after 09NOV08)
SAS CRJ900NG Routes/Configuration
As of 21OCT08 Amadeus timetable display, SAS has loaded the routes to be operated by the new CRJ900NG (NextGeneration)
Copenhagen – Aalborg
Service debuts on 17DEC08 with SK1207
The CRJ900NG will be operating alongside with MD80s
Copenhagen – Aarhus
First flight SK1243 on 05JAN09
CRJ900NG will be gradually operating 95% of the flight on this route
Copenhagen – Birmingham UK
SK2535/2536, effective 15JAN09
Copenhagen – Stuttgart
SK657/658, Day 7 from 18JAN09
Copenhagen – Dusseldorf
SK1621/1622, Day 7 from 18JAN09
The configuration of the CRJ900NG is the following.
Capacity 88
Layout AC – DF
Row 1 – 24 (No Row 13 as usual)
Not Available Seat 1DF/2DF
Restricted for Seat Selection Row 7, 8, 20
UM Seats 22 – 24 DF
Exit Rows 16, 17
Wing Section Row 12/14 – 19/20
China Southern resume Vladivostok flight
China Southern starting 29OCT08 is to resume Harbin – Vladivostok service, according to Chinese press.
CZ677 HRB1540 – 1640VVO 320 36
CZ678 VVO1810 – 1910HRB 320 36
China Southern to start Lanzhou – Sanya flight
China Southern Airlines from 10NOV08 is launching seasonal 3 weekly service on the Sanya – Lanzhou route
CZ3395 SYX0915 – 1415LHW 738 135
CZ3396 LHW1510 – 2010SYX 738 135
Grand China Express to start 11 new routes
Grand China Express is launching 11 new routes this winter.
Effective 26OCT08
Xian – Nanning – Haikou
Haikou – Nanchang
Dalian – Qingdao
Tianjin – Xian – Guiyang
Tianjin – Chongqing
Xian – Nanjing
Xian – Zhengzhou – Yantai*
Yantai – Dalian*
Weihai – Dalian*
Effective 01DEC08
Tianjin – Nanjing – Haikou
Haikou – Guiyang
All flights operates Daily with Embraer E190, except those marked with * is operated by Dornier328
Hainan Air to launch Beijing – Bishkek
Hainan Airlines from 15NOV08 is starting a weekly Boeing 767 service on the Beijing – Bishkek route.
Service operates every Saturday
HU7963 PEK1750 – 2040FRU 767 6
HU7964 FRU2220 – 0620+1PEK 767 6
Hainan Air to launch Beijing – Hong Kong
Hainan Airlines from 19DEC08 is launching Daily Beijing – Hong Kong route onboard Boeing 737-800
HU7915 PEK1100 – 1430HKG 738 D
HU7916 HKG1530 – 1850PEK 738 D
Alitalia cancels Dubai service
Alitalia has removed Rome – Dubai schedule and availability in the GDS for the 2008/09 winter season
Air Canada launch Halifax – Orlando
Air Canada is offering seasonal 2 weekly Halifax – Orlando service from 06FEB09
AC1218 YHZ1500 – 1800MCO EQV 57
AC1219 MCO1840 – 2300YHZ EQV 57
Day 5 operates with A319 and Day 7 with E90
Air France Caracas flight changes/cancellations
Air France in the month of November and December 2008 is cancelling selected services to Caracas
The cancelled frequencies on selected weeks are:
12NOV08 – 19NOV08 Day x14
20NOV08 – 27NOV08 Day x5
28NOV08 – 13DEC08 Day x1
22DEC08 – 06JAN09 Day x3
Starting 12JAN09, service will be operated by B747-400 and A340-300.
744 Day x246
343 Day 246
MEXICANA to launch Orlando
MEXICANA from 01DEC08 will launch Daily Mexico City – Orlando route with A320
MX317 MEX1030 – 1415MCO 320 D
MX316 MCO1515 – 1725MEX 320 D
MEXICANA to start Sao Paulo service
MEXICANA from 10DEC08 is launching 5 weekly Mexico City – Sao Paulo route onboard Boeing 767
MX1689 MEX2210 – 1130+1GRU 767 x26
MX1688 GRU1310 – 1900MEX 767 x37
Korean Air to start Osaka – Guam
Korean Air from 17DEC08 is launching 3 weekly Osaka – Guam route with A330
KE729 ICN1905 – 2055KIX2215 – 0240+1GUM 330 357
KE730 GUM0415 – 0655KIX0940 – 1140ICN 330 146
