China Southern to Hami
China Southern today launches service to Hami in Xinjiang, China. This is the first commercial flight to this airport after 17 years of suspension.
CZ6687 URC0845 – 1010HMI AT7 D
CZ6688 HMI1040 – 1210URC AT7 D
DELTA to Australia from July 2009
DELTA from 01JUL09 launches Atlanta – Los Angeles – Sydney service, becoming the first US carrier to operate service to all continents for the first time since the demise of PanAm.
DL017 ATL1900 – 2040LAX2240 – 0640+2SYD 77L D
DL016 SYD0915 – 0600LAX0740 – 1455ATL 77L D
SAA re-times NY – Jo’Burg with nonstop flight
South African Airways from 01MAY09 is re-timing its New York – Johannesburg service, which sees the eastbound flight will be operating NONSTOP instead 1-stop via Dakar
till 30APR09
SA204 JFK1720 – 0600+1DKR0700+1 – 1725+1JNB 343 D
eff 01MAY09
SA204 JFK1135 – 0845+1JNB 343 D
The new nonstop and early departure opens up new available connections in Southern Africa.
DELTA E175 on NY – DC shuttle route
DELTA’s NEw York La Guardia – Washington Reagan service is to be operated by Embraer E175 jet instead of MD88, a shortfall of capacity by nearly 50% per flight.
Starting 05JAN09, some 8 Daily service is operated by E175. By 30MAR09, all flights will be operated by E175
EVA Air 777 to Singapore
As per 17DEC08 Amadeus timetable display, EVA Air is displaying Taipei – Singapore route with Boeing 777-300ER on following dates
28DEC08 – 01JAN09 Day 247
06JAN09 – 13JAN09 Day 24
25JAN09 – 01FEB09 Day 17
29FEB09 – 08FEB09 Day 247
EVA Air extra Denpasar flight
As per 17DEC08 Amadeus timetable display, EVA Air is operating extra flight to Denpasar in late-Jan/early-Feb 09
BR1256 DPS1650 – 2205TPE 332 26JAN09
BR1255 TPE1040 – 1550DPS 332 07FEB09
Spirit Airlines launch Medellin March 2009
Spirit Airlines from 01MAR09 launches Daily Ft. Lauderdale – Medellin service
The following schedule is effective 08MAR09 due to Daylight Savings Time
NK705 FLL1045 – 1305MDE 319 D
NK236 MDE1405 – 1825FLL 319 D
jetBlue adds flights from Boston in 2009
jetBlue yesterday announced new capacity boosts out of Boston with extra daily services to 9 US Cities during Summer 2009
Buffalo 3 Daily (+1; 1 extra Daily)
Charlotte 2 Daily (+1)
Chicago O’Hare 2 Daily (+1)
Long Beach 3 Daily (+1)
New York JFK 10 Daily (+2)
Pittsburgh 2 Daily (+1)
Raleigh 2 Daily (+1)
San Francisco 1 Daily (RESUMPTION)
Washington Dulles 7 Daily (+2)
Flights to Bermuda, San Juan and St. Maarten, seasonal flights, will be operating year-round basis
IBERIA to Krakow
IBERIA has launched 2 weekly Madrid – Krakow route with CRJ900
IB8176 MAD1000 – 1305KRK CR9 37
IB8177 KRK1345 – 1710MAD CR9 37
Finnair cancel Gdansk route
Finnair has cancelled Helsinki – Gdansk route, according to posting from CH-Aviation
Croatia new seasonal Pula – Paris in 2009
Croatia Airlines from 30APR09 launches summer seasonal Pula – Paris CDG route, twice weekly
OU472 PUY1450 – 1640CDG 320 47
OU473 CDG1135 – 1335PUY 320 47
Air Ivoire 744 to Jeddah
Air Ivoire leased Corsair Boeing 747-400 aircraft for its Hajj charter to Jeddah
Schedule on 14DEC08 were…
VU7872 7 ABJ JED 1400 2330 0 14DEC08 14DEC08 744
VU7870 7 ABJ JED 2215 0745+1 0 14DEC08 14DEC08 744
VU7873 1 JED ABJ 0100 0410 0 15DEC08 15DEC08 744
VU7869 7 JED ABJ 0835 1215 0 14DEC08 14DEC08 744
VU7871 1 JED ABJ 1000 1340 0 15DEC08 15DEC08 744
Alitalia drops 2 routes from Malpensa
Alitalia from 10JAN09 cancels Milan Malpensa – Marseille and Milan Malpensa – St. Petersburg route
KLMCityhopper may get 737s
According to CH-Aviation posting, KLM plans to transfer 737-300/-400 fleet to KLMCityhopper
Blue1 Seasonal to Ivalo
Blue1 from 10FEB09 launches 3 weekly SEASONAL Helsinki – Ivalo route
KF237 HEL1155 – 1330IVL M90 24
KF237 HEL1325 – 1510IVL AR8 7
KF238 IVL1410 – 1545HEL M90 24
KF238 IVL1550 – 1735HEL AR8 7
According to posting from CH-Aviation, it is considering to replace its MD90s fleet with 737-600 from SAS
airBaltic launch 3 new routes from Riga in 09
airBaltic from 01MAY09 launches Riga – Linköping Daily flight with Fokker 50
BT125 RIX0615 – 0655LPI F50 D
BT126 LPI0720 – 0950RIX F50 D
From 01APR09, it is offering 2 Daily Riga – Palanga service
BT031 RIX0740 – 0825PLQ F50 x7
BT033 RIX1915 – 2000PLQ F50 x6
BT032 PLQ0905 – 0950RIX F50 x7
BT034 PLQ2025 – 2110RIX F50 x6
From 31MAR09, it’ll launch 3 weekly Riga – Tromsø
BT181 RIX2325 – 0105+1TOS 735 257
BT182 TOS0600 – 0935RIX 735 136
Westjet announce 2009 Summer timetable
Westjet today announced the details of its 2009 Summer timetable, which sees the Canadian carrier offering new routes.
TORONTO
2 NEW Seasonal routes
Toronto – Fort McMurray Seasonal Daily from 11MAY09
WS649 YYZ2030 – 2242YMM 737 D
WS678 YMM0105 – 0636YYZ 737 D 12MAY09 -
Toronto – Sydney NS Seasonal 3 weekly from 03MAY09
WS426 YYZ0710 – 1026YQY 737
WS475 YQY1100 – 1233YYZ 737
In addition, it is increasing service to the following cities for 2009 Summer season:
Fort Lauderdale 4 weekly
Tampa 3 weekly
Nassau 3 weekly
Montego Bay 4 weekly (year-round, expanded from seasonal)
SEASONAL routes to Deer Lake and Saint John returns from 15MAY09
VANCOUVER
4 New SEASONAL ROUTES
Vancouver – Fort McMurray SEASONAL Daily from 03MAY09
WS338 YVR1845 – 2139YMM 737 D
WS239 YMM0715 – 0818YVR 737 D
Vancouver – Regina SEASONAL Daily eff 03MAY09
WS608 YVR0915 – 1216YQR 737 D
WS609 YQR1300 – 1420YVR 737 D
Vancouver – Saskatoon SEASONAL Daily from 03MAY09
WS688 YVR1400 – 1656YXE 737 D
WS689 YXE1730 – 1841YVR 737 D
Vancouver – London ON SEASONAL Daily from 11MAY09
WS466 YVR1230 – 1939YXU 737 D
WS565 YXU1000 – 1153YVR 737 D
CALGARY
2 New nonstop seasonal service to California. Both are new destinations for Westjet
Calgary – San Diego SEASONAL 3 weekly eff 01JUN09
WS860 YYC1030 – 1250SAN 737
WS861 SAN1335 – 1745YYC 737
Calgary – San Francisco SEASONAL 3 weekly eff 02JUN09
WS862 YYC1035 – 1226SFO 737
WS863 SFO1315 – 1645YYC 737
Calgary – Kamloops Daily seasonal service expands to year-round
Calgary – Kelowna increase to 5 Daily
Calgary – Newark SEASONAL flights return on 03MAY09
EDMONTON
NEW Seasonal Daily Nonstop service to Yellowknife, a new destination for Westjet, from 04MAY09
WS422 YEG1100 – 1247YZF 737 D
WS635 YZF1320 – 1502YEG 737 D
Edmonton – Kelowna increase to 4 Daily
Edmonton – Los Angeles increase to Daily
LONDON ON
1 NEW Seasonal Daily service
London ON – Halifax SEASONAL eff 11MAY09
WS565 YXU2015 – 2319YHZ 737 D
WS466 YHZ0800 – 0923YXU 737 D
EVA Air reduce Shenzhen from 01FEB09
Starting 01FEB09, EVA Air’s 2 weekly (Day 36) Taipei Sung Shan – Shenzhen route is being reduced to 1 weekly (Day 3). Service operates with UNI Air MD90 aircraft.
UNI Air’s 3 weekly service on routes will be maintained
New Emirates flight numbers to Glasgow
From 29MAR09, Emirates’ inventories is showing a new flight number pair for the Dubai – Glasgow flight
| Route |
Till 28MAR09 | Eff 29MAR09 |
| Dubai – Glasgow | EK025 | EK027 |
| Glasgow – Dubai | EK026 | EK028 |
Japan/UAE Bilateral: Emirates/ETIHAD to Tokyo
Japan and United Arab Emirates has reached a new bilateral deal after holding 2nd talk in Tokyo this year.
*Tokyo
Once 2nd runway extension project in Tokyo Narita finishes….
5 weekly flight EACH permitted for Dubai – Tokyo Narita and Abu Dhabi – Tokyo Narita
*Other Cities
Expansion of passenger frequencies to any points in Japan excluding Tokyo, from 21 to 35 weekly
New cargo frequencies, 9 weekly, from UAE to any points in Japan excluding Tokyo
*5th freedom rights
UAE carrier receives up to 14 weekly flight rights to Los Angeles and San Francisco via Osaka or Nagoya
*Codeshare
Removal of Restriction on 3rd country and domestic codeshares
