Cebu Pacific increase Cebu presence in Jan 09
Cebu Pacific is expanding its Cebu hub once again in January 2009.
NEW 3 weekly Cebu – Cotabato begins 10JAN09
5J881 CEB0735 – 0845CBO ATR 246
5J882 CBO0905 – 1015CEB ATR 246
NEW 4 weekly Cebu – Legaspi from 10JAN09
5J172 CEB1320 – 1425LGP ATR x135
5J173 LGP1445 – 1550CEB ATR x135
NEW 3 weekly Cebu – Dumaguete from 12JAN09
5J867 CEB0825 – 0905DGT ATR 135
5J868 DGT0925 – 1005CEB ATR 135
NEW 3 weekly Cebu – Siargao from 12JAN09
5J877 CEB1045 – 1155SOS ATR 135
5J878 SOS1215 – 1325CEB ATR 135
In addition, it is increasing frequencies on the following routes:
Cebu – Tacloban increase to Daily from 09JAN09
Cebu – Ozamiz increase to 4 weekly from 11JAN09
Cebu – Ilo Ilo increase to Daily from 02FEB09
Atlasjet all A320 aircraft to Erbil
Atlasjet is operating all Airbus A320 aircraft on the Istanbul – Erbil route for Summer 2009.
Currently service operates with a mix of CRJ900 and A320
Turkish gets local Dakar – Sao Paulo rights
As per Amadeus FLIFO display, Turkish Airlines is now able to sell Dakar – Sao Paulo sector locally. Previously it does not have the local traffic rights on this sector.
Turkish Airlines is poised to launch 2 weekly Istanbul – Dakar – Sao Paulo from 29MAR09
SAA/TAP to start codesharing
South African Airways and TAP Portugal will begin codesharing from 16JAN09
| Route |
SA Codeshare | TP Operating |
| Johannesburg – Lisbon | SA7000 SA7002 |
TP272 TP278 |
| Lisbon – Johannesburg | SA7001 SA7003 |
TP271 TP277 |
| Lisbon – Faro | SA7012 SA7014 |
TP1917 TP1907 |
| Faro – Lisbon | SA7013 | TP1912 |
| Lisbon – Funchal | SA7004 SA7006 |
TP1685 TP1609 |
| Funchal – Lisbon | SA7005 SA7007 |
TP1626 TP1664 |
| Lisbon – Porto | SA7008 SA7010 SA7016 |
TP1980 TP1952 TP1950 |
| Porto – Lisbon | SA7009 SA7011 |
TP1971 TP1983 |
| Route |
TP Codeshare | SA Operating |
| Johannesburg – Cape Town | TP9072 TP9074 |
SA317 SA337 |
| Cape Town – Johannesburg | TP9071 TP9073 TP9075 TP9077 |
SA346 SA356 SA372 SA374 |
| Johannesburg – Durban | TP9080 TP9082 TP9084 |
SA539 SA543 SA559 |
| Durban – Johannesburg | TP9083 TP9085 |
SA572 SA584 |
| Johannesburg – East London | TP9088 TP9090 |
SA471 SA475 |
| East London – Johannesburg | TP9089 | SA480 |
| Johannesburg – Port Elizabeth | TP9094 TP9096 |
SA405 SA417 |
| Port Elizabeth – Johannesburg | TP9095 TP9097 |
SA424 SA420 |
BA shortens extra seasonal Vancouver flight
British Airways’ 2nd Daily London Heathrow – Vancouver flight for the Summer season of 2009 will only operate between 01JUN09 and 26SEP09.
In the past the airline operates seasonal 2nd Daily for the entire Summer timetable season
AerLingus resumes Shannon – Heathrow
AerLingus starting 29MAR09 resumes 2 Daily Shannon – London Heathrow flight
EI382 SNN0845 – 1015LHR 320 x7
EI388 SNN2110 – 2225LHR 320 x6
EI381 LHR0640 – 0800SNN 320 x7
EI387 LHR1910 – 2030SNN 320 x6
Armavia bi-weekly to Ufa
Armavia has launched bi-weekly service on the Yerevan – Ufa route
U89063 EVN1340 – 1745UFA 319
U89064 UFA1955 – 2205EVN 319
Service operates on alternate Thursdays
LANEcuador to start domestic service
LANEcuador has received approval to operate domestic operations on 22DEC08.
Starting late-March, it’ll be operating the following routes:
Guayaquil-Quito-Guayaquil
Guayaquil-Cuenca-Guayaquil
Quito–Cuenca-Quito
Quito/Guayaquil-Galapagos-Guayaquil/Quito.
flyBe Summer 09 on Jersey – Humberside
flyBe from 02MAY09 to 19SEP09 is to operate Saturday-only Jersey – Humberside route
BE1197 JER1300 – 1425HUY DH4 6
BE1198 HUY1505 – 1630JER DH4 6
Lufthansa removes JAT codeshare
Lufthansa has cancelled codeshare service on flights operated by JAT Airways.
However, JAT continues to display its “JU” code on Lufthansa operating flight between Germany and Belgrade
BA Drops London City – Warsaw
British Airways on 05JAN09 operates last London City – Warsaw service.
This service is operated by BA CityFlyer
DELTA shelves Gothenburg launch
DELTA has dropped its plan to operate NEW New York JFK – Gothenburg service in 2009 Summer
Garuda to start 2 new Hong Kong routes from Feb 09
As per 31DEC08 Amadeus timetable display, Garuda Indonesia is to operate 4 weekly Surabaya – Hong Kong and 3 weekly Denpasar – Hong Kong route from 01FEB09
GA874 SUB0850 – 1435HKG 738 x135
GA875 HKG1535 – 1920SUB 738 x135
GA856 DPS0950 – 1435HKG 738 135
GA857 HKG1535 – 2025DPS 738 135
Turkish increase Ashgabad flight
As per Amadeus timetable display, Turkish Airlines is increasing Istanbul – Ashgabad flight from 8 to 10 weekly from 29JAN09
TK1362 IST2115 – 0350+1ASB 738 x1
TK1364 IST2315 – 0550+1ASB 738 x246
TK1363 ASB0515 – 0625IST 738 x2
TK1365 ASB0735 – 0845IST 738 x357
TK1362/1363 currently operates Day x147 only, and may be operated by A320 on some days
Finnair A330 Domestic run
Finnair is operating A330 aircraft on selected domestic flights in April 2009 for crew familiarization.
Helsinki – Kittila
AY441/442 67 04APR09 – 05APR09
AY447/448 x67 30MAR09 – 03APR09
AY449/450 6 04APR09
AY451/452 7 05APR09
AY455/456 x67 30MAR09 – 03APR09
AY459/460 67 04APR09 – 05APR09
Helsinki – Oulu
AY375/376 Day x567 30MAR09 – 02APR09
Turkish A320 to Mumbai
As per 31DEC08 Amadeus timetable display, Turkish Airlines’ A320 aircraft is scheduled to operate Istanbul – Mumbai route on 04FEB09 and 05FEB09 (Istanbul departure)
Widerøe drops Russia route
Widerøe has cancelled Kirkenes – Murmansk flight since 01DEC08
Turkish 777-300ER Route
Turkish Airlines has leased 3 Jet Airways’ Boeing 777-300ER and is to enter service on the following routes.
Istanbul – Hong Kong
4 weekly eff 30DEC08
Istanbul – London
TK1979/1980
30DEC08 – 09JAN09 Daily
10JAN09 – 01FEB09 Day x6
Istanbul – Singapore
3 weekly (Day 147) eff 29DEC08
Widerøe to Rost
Widerøe has launched Bodo – Rost – Leknes – Bodo and Bodo – Leknes – Rost – Bodo triangle flight on 20OCT08
WF805 BOO0804 – 0829RET0844 – 0909LKN0924 – 0950BOO DH1 x67
WF809 BOO1240 – 1305RET1320 – 1345LKN1400 – 1425BOO DH1 7
WF809 BOO1240 – 1305LKN1320 – 1345RET1400 – 1425BOO DH1 6
WF823 BOO1825 – 1850LKN1905 – 1930RET1945 – 2010BOO DH1 x67
Continental brings Cleveland to Heathrow from May 09
In Summer 2009, Continental’s seasonal Cleveland – London service will switch from Gatwick to Heathrow.
Service begins 01MAY09
CO066 CLE2025 – 0915+1LHR 757 D
CO067 LHR1140 – 1530CLE 757 D
