UNITED to maintain 777 to Sao Paulo in 09
As per 11DEC08 Amadeus timetable display, UNITED is maintaining Boeing 777 aircraft operation on the Washington – Sao Paulo – Rio de Janeiro route for the 2009 Northern Summer season
Austrian Summer 09 US aircraft swap
As per 11DEC08 Amadeus timetable display, Austrian is swapping operational aircraft for Summer 2009 season to the US.
Vienna – New York sees 777-200 replacing 767-300
Vienna – Washington in the Summer 2009 season will continue to operate with 767-300
In the past, New York was served by 767 and Washington by 777
Hainan Air removes Bishkek schedule from Amadeus
Amadeus timetable display is currently not displaying Hainan Airlines’ Beijing – Bishkek schedule
Air NZ changes to Beijing
As per Amadeus timetable display on 11DEC08, Air New Zealand’s Auckland – Beijing service is the following for Northern 2009 Summer.
Except 23APR09 – 30JUN09
NZ087 AKL2000 – 0530+1PEK 772 3
NZ086 PEK0925 – 0240+1AKL 772 4
NZ087 AKL2150 – 0720+1PEK 772 6
NZ086 PEK0925 – 0240+1AKL 772 7
jetBlue brings back SF – Boston May 09
jetBlue from 01MAY09 resumes San Francisco – Boston flight
B6638 SFO2120 – 0555+1BOS 320 D
B6637 BOS2045 – 0014+1SFO 320 D
China Southern Taiwan charter schedule
China Southern’s newly-expanded charter service to Taiwan from 15DEC08 is the following
Guangzhou – Taipei Taoyuan eff 15DEC08
CZ3097 CAN1130 – 1330TPE 321 x246
CZ3098 TPE1430 – 1630CAN 321 x246
Shanghai – Taipei Sung Shan
CZ3095 PVG1110 – 1400TSA 738 57
CZ3096 TSA1500 – 1750PVG 738 57
Shenzhen – Taipei Taoyuan eff 18DEC08
CZ3087 SZX1130 – 1310TPE 333 46
CZ3088 TPE1410 – 1600SZX 333 46
China Eastern Taiwan charter schedule from 15DEC08
China Eastern’s Taiwan charter schedule effective 15DEC08 is the following
Kunming – Taipei Taoyuan
eff 27DEC08
MU2027 KMG0830 – 1120TPE 737 6
MU2028 TPE1240 – 1550KMG 737 6
Service may be substituted by 767
Nanjing – Taipei Sung Shan
eff 15DEC08
MU5001 NKG1615 – 1800TSA 321 15
MU5002 TSA1900 – 2050NKG 321 15
Shanghai Pu Dong – Taipei Sung Shan
eff 15DEC08
MU5007 PVG1030 – 1220TSA 321 D
MU5008 TSA1300 – 1450PVG 321 D
On 15DEC08, it is operating last Shanghai – Taipei Taoyuan flight
MU2075 PVG0800 – 0940TPE 321 1
MU2076 TPE1050 – 1240PVG 321 1
Wuhan – Taipei Taoyuan
eff 25DEC08
MU2087 WUH1330 – 1530TPE 738 4
MU2088 TPE1630 – 1845WUH 738 4
Xian – Taipei Sung Shan
eff 27DEC08
MU2037 XIY1350 – 1700TSA 319 6
MU2038 TSA1800 – 2130XIY 319 6
UNITED/EgyptAir to codeshare from Summer 09
UNITED and EgyptAir today reached a deal which will see both Star Alliance members begin to codesharing from the Summer season of 2009
UNITED to codeshare on EgyptAir’s:
New York – Cairo
London – Cairo
Cairo – Alexandria
EgyptAir to codeshare on UNITED’s:
New York JFK – Los Angeles
New York JFK – San Francisco
London – Chicago
London – Los Angeles
London – San Francisco
London – Washington Dulles
Docket 2008-0384-0001
Aegean Air’ European new routes schedules
Aegean Airlines’ 5 new European routes for 2009 launch is now loaded in the Amadeus and available for sale:
MAS to Darwin in Jun 09
Malaysia Airlines on Amadeus timetable display as of 11DEC08 is displaying new 4 weekly Kuala Lumpur – Darwin route, to be operating with new Boeing 737-800. New service begins 16JUN09
However, this flight is not yet appeared in MAS’ inventory
MH137 KUL1020 – 1645DRW 738 x135
MH136 DRW1745 – 2105KUL 738 x135
MAS 737-800 Routes
As per 11DEC08 Amadeus timetable updates, Malaysia Airlines is displaying Boeing 737-800 aircraft operating the following routes. Note as the airline has not yet receive any 737-800s, the following plan may be changed. The 737-800 fleet is scheduled to enter service from 29MAR09
However, these are only appearing on Amadeus Timetable and availability feature. Malaysia Airlines’ Inventory has not yet reflecting these changes as of 11DEC08
Kuala Lumpur – Bangkok
MH784/785 Day 146 (30MAR09 – 29MAY09)
MH784/785 Day x27 (30MAY09 – )
MH788/789 Day 5
Kuala Lumpur – Singapore
MH601/604 Day 5 (03APR09 – )
Kuala Lumpur – Denpasar
MH853/852 Day 146 (30MAR09 – 29MAY09)
MH853/852 Day x27 (30MAY09 – )
Kuala Lumpur – Hanoi
MH752/753 Day 1 (01JUN09 – )
Kuala Lumpur – Ho Chi Minh
MH750/751 Day x156 (29MAR09 – )
MH758/759 Day 2 (31MAR09 -)
Kuala Lumpur – Kunming
All 4 weekly from 29MAR09
Kuala Lumpur – Darwin
NEW Service 4 weekly (see separate entry)
Kuala Lumpur – Shamshabad
All 4 weekly from 16JUN09, replacing 3 weekly A330-200
AeroMexico drops Detroit from Jan 09
AeroMexico is ending its Monterrey – Detroit service from 10JAN09
DELTA to replace 3 nwa Tokyo routes
DELTA has issued an application to the DoT for replacing 3 existing nwa routes to Tokyo.
Starting 01JUN09, DELTA plans to operate the following services, Daily:
Portland OR – Tokyo
Guam – Tokyo
Honolulu – Tokyo
These flights to be operated by Boeing 767-300ER instead of A330-200
Docket 2008-0381-0001
airTran to Branson MO in May 09
airTran from 11MAY09 operates Daily Atlanta – Branson MO with Boeing 717
FL1580 ATL1130 – 1210BKG 717 D
FL1581 BKG1245 – 1530ATL 717 D
jetBlue to start Orlando – San Jose Costa Rica
jetBlue from 26MAR09 launches Daily Orlando – San Jose Costa Rica flight with E190
B61695 MCO1040 – 1153SJO E90 D
B61696 SJO1248 – 1755MCO E90 D
Virgin America Boston schedule
Virgin America’s new Boston schedule is the following, effective 12FEB09
Los Angeles – Boston
VX360 LAX0700 – 1525BOS D
VX364 LAX1110 – 1935BOS D
VX370 LAX2115 – 0540+1BOS x6
VX363 BOS0700 – 1035LAX D
VX367 BOS1620 – 1955LAX D
VX371 BOS2030 – 2359LAX x6
San Francisco – Boston
VX350 SFO0825 – 1700BOS D
VX358 SFO2245 – 0720+1BOS D
VX351 BOS0835 – 1215SFO D
VX353 BOS1755 – 2135SFO D
All flights operates with Airbus A319
THAI A340-500 to Nagoya
As per 11DEC08 Amadeus timetable display, THAI is operating Airbus A340-500 aircraft to Nagoya on 12DEC08 and 13DEC08
QANTAS cancel Melbourne – Shanghai fro Apr 09
As per 11DEC08 Amadeus timetable update, QANTAS is cancelling Melbourne – Shanghai 2 wekly flights starting 29MAR09.
The 2 weekly frequency will go back to Sydney – Shanghai which will become Daily.
Hainan Airlines Taiwan charter
Hainan Airlines’ is operating the following frequencies on the expanded Taiwan charter effective 20DEC08.
3 weekly Beijing – Taipei Sung Shan
1 weekly Haikou – Taipei Sung Shan
1 weekly Dalian – Taipei Sung Shan
All service operates with Boeing 737-800 aircraft
Armavia to Zurich and Berlin in 09
Armavia is starting 3 weekly Yerevan – Zurich flight with Airbus A319 from 30MAR09
U8117 EVN0915 – 1035ZRH 319 146
U8118 ZRH1335 – 2030EVN 319 246
Yerevan – Berlin Tegel flight new service begins 14APR09, 2 weekly
U8115 EVN0920 – 1030TXL 319 25
U8116 TXL1215 – 1915EVN 319 25
