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Archive for March 2009

31
Mar

AEROFLOT additonal codeshare with AEROFLOT-DON

AEROFLOT is placing its “SU” code on the following AEROFLOT-DON’s service to/from Moscow Sheremetyevo this summer

ROUTE SU Codeshare D9 Operating
Moscow Sheremetyevo – Surgut SU2071 D9877
Surgut – Moscow Sheremetyevo SU2072 D9878
Moscow Sheremetyevo – Ufa SU2073 D9887
Ufa – Moscow Sheremetyevo SU2074 D9888
Moscow Sheremetyevo – Volgograd SU2069 D9725
Volgograd – Moscow Sheremetyevo SU2070 D9726
31
Mar

AEROFLOT Domestic 09 Summer changes

The following is the highlights of AEROFLOT’s 2009 Summer timetable season for its domestic services

A320
Following services sees Airbus A320 replacing Tupolev Tu154 starting:

eff 01MAY09 Moscow – Novosibirsk (SU805/806)
eff 01JUN09 Moscow – Adler/Sochi (SU869/870, the only TU5 flight)
eff 01JUN09 Moscow – Anapa (SU701/702)

A319
Following services sees Airbus A319 replacing Tupolev Tu154 starting:

eff 31MAY09 Moscow – Omsk
eff 01JUL09 Moscow – Astrakhan (SU709/710)
eff 27JUL09 Moscow – Samara (SU831/832)

Moscow – St. Petersburg route will be progressively sees TU5 replaced by A319/320 throughout Summer

Other Changes
Moscow – Chelyabinsk is now operated by AEROFLOT-NORD under codesharing basis
Moscow – Ekaterinburg reduced from 4 Daily to 3 Daily, compared to 08 Summer
Moscow – Krasnodar operating 3 Daily, compared to 5 in 08 Summer
Moscow – Krasnojarsk 2 Daily service maintained
Moscow – Nizhnevartovsk is operating with a mix of A320/321
Moscow – Norilsk from 02JUN09 to 01SEP09 reduced from 6 to 5 weekly (Day x67 from SVO)
Moscow – Perm operates 1 Daily, compared to 3 in 08 Summer
Moscow – Surgut service replaced by AEROFLOT-DON codesharing
Moscow – Ufa operates with TU5 from 02APR09 to 30APR09, replace A320
Moscow – Volgograd 1 of 2 Daily replaced by AEROFLOT-DON codesharing

31
Mar

jetStar Daily Gold Coast – Tokyo

jetStar starting this week increased its 5 weekly Gold Coast – Tokyo service to Daily.

According to a report by Japanese travel press Travelvision, jetStar’s load factor on Osaka and Tokyo route is always close to 100%.

30
Mar

Continental/Emirates plans codeshare expansion

Continental has issued a notice to the DoT that it will be expanding its codeshare deal with Emirates, covering:

  • Between any points in the US and UAE (nonstop or intermediate open-skies point)
  • within US
  • within UAE

Docket Number 2000-7495-0014

30
Mar

Lufthansa/TACA Expands Codesharing

Lufthansa from 01APR09 will begin codesharing on TACA’s Caracas – Lima service

ROUTE LH Codeshare TA Operating
Caracas – Frankfurt LH5470 TA035
Frankfurt – Caracas LH5471 TA034
30
Mar

Iraqi Airways 2009 Summer Timetable

The following is Iraqi Airways’ 2009 Summer timetable, taken from Sabre Timetable display as of 30MAR09

Note the timings and aircraft operation is subject to change

Baghdad – Erbil
IA907 BGW1730 – 1830EBL 737 1
IA917 BGW1130 – 1230EBL 737 2
IA917 BGW1200 – 1300EBL 737 3
IA907 BGW1400 – 1500EBL 737 5
IA909 BGW1100 – 1200EBL 737 6
IA907 BGW1430 – 1530EBL 737 7

IA908 EBL1530 – 1630BGW 737 1
IA918 EBL0945 – 1045BGW 737 2
IA918 EBL1015 – 1115BGW 737 3
IA918 EBL1200 – 1300BGW 737 5
IA908 EBL0730 – 0830BGW 737 5
IA908 EBL0900 – 1000BGW 737 6
IA908 EBL0700 – 0800BGW 737 7
IA918 EBL1230 – 1330BGW 737 7

Baghdad – Sulaimaniyah
IA917 BGW1700 – 1800ISU 737 16
IA917 BGW0915 – 1015ISU 737 5
IA917 BGW0930 – 1030ISU 737 4

IA918 ISU0800 – 0900BGW 737 16

Basra – Sulaimaniyah – Erbil 1 weekly
IA911 BSR1100 – 1215ISU1300 – 1400EBL 737 2
IA912 EBL0800 – 0830ISU0900 – 1015BSR 737 2

Erbil – Sulaimaniyah
IA917 EBL1300 – 1330ISU 737 2
IA917 EBL1330 – 1400ISU 737 3

IA918 ISU0830 – 0900EBL 737 2
IA918 ISU0800 – 0930EBL 737 3
IA917 ISU1045 – 1115EBL 737 5
IA917 ISU1115 – 1145EBL 737 7

Najaf – Sulaimaniyah – Erbil 1 weekly
IA913 NJF1615 – 1730ISU1800 – 1830EBL 737 3
IA914 EBL0730 – 0800ISU0845 – 1000NJF 737 3

Baghdad – Amman 1 Daily
IA163 BGW1130 – 1200AMM 737 135
IA163 BGW1830 – 1900AMM 737 247
IA165 BGW1630 – 1700AMM 737 6

IA164 AMM0800 – 1030BGW 737 135
IA164 AMM0700 – 0930BGW 737 247
IA166 AMM0800 – 1030BGW 737 7

Baghdad – Beirut 3 weekly
IA131 BGW1200 – 1230BEY 737 1
IA131 BGW1230 – 1300BEY 737 35

IA132 BEY0800 – 1030BGW 737 246

Baghdad – Cairo 2 weekly
IA101 BGW1130 – 1300CAI 737 27

IA102 CAI0730 – 1100BGW 737 1
IA102 CAI0800 – 1130BGW 737 3

Baghdad – Sulaimaniyah – Cairo 1 weekly
IA101 BGW1130 – 1230ISU1330 – 1430CAI 737 4
IA102 CAI0800 – 1130BGW 737 5

Baghdad – Damascus 2 weekly
IA129 BGW1130 – 1200DAM 737 6
IA129 BGW1000 – 1030DAM 737 7

IA130 DAM1300 – 1530BGW 737 6
IA130 DAM1130 – 1400BGW 737 7

Baghdad – Basra – Damascus 1 weekly
IA129 BGW1000 – 1100BSR1145 – 1245DAM 737 2
IA130 DAM1330 – 1600BGW 737 2

Baghdad – Dubai 1 Daily
IA123 BGW1000 – 1330DXB 737 156
IA123 BGW1100 – 1430DXB 737 237
IA123 BGW1530 – 1900DXB 737 4

IA124 DXB1430 – 1600BGW 737 16
IA124 DXB0830 – 1000BGW 737 237
IA124 DXB1300 – 1430BGW 737 4
IA124 DXB0730 – 0900BGW 737 5

Baghdad – Istanbul 3 weekly
IA223 BGW1030 – 1230IST 737 247
IA224 IST1330 – 1730BGW 737 247

Baghdad – Tehran 3 weekly
IA111 BGW0900 – 1100THR 737 x247
IA112 THR1700 – 1800BGW 737 x247

Baghdad – Najaf – Mashad 2 weekly
IA117 BGW0900 – 0930NJF1015 – 1300MHD 737 24

IA118 MHD1400 – 1545NJF1730 – 1800BGW 737 2
IA118 MHD1400 – 1600NJF1645 – 1715BGW 737 4

Baghdad – Najaf – Tehran 1 weekly
IA111 BGW0900 – 0930NJF1015 – 1230THR 737 6
IA112 THR1330 – 1445NJF1530 – 1600BGW 737 6

Basra – Dubai 2 weekly
IA127 BSR0845 – 1145DXB 737 1
IA121 BSR0815 – 1115DXB 737 5

IA128 DXB0700 – 0800BSR 737 1
IA122 DXB0630 – 0730BSR 737 5

Erbil – Sulaimaniyah – Amman
IA178 AMM1300 – 1600EBL1645 – 1715ISU 737 3
IA178 AMM1200 – 1500EBL1545 – 1615ISU 737 6

IA177 ISU1800 – 1900AMM 737 3
IA177 ISU1700 – 1800AMM 737 6

Erbil – Sulaimaniyah – Beirut 1 weekly
IA133 ISU1900 – 2100BEY 737 5
IA134 BEY1400 – 1700EBL1745 – 1815ISU 737 5

Erbil – Sulaimaniyah – Damascus 1 weekly
IA179 EBL0700 – 0730ISU0830 – 0930DAM 737 1
IA180 DAM1030 – 1330ISU1415 – 1445EBL 737 1

Najaf – Beirut 1 weekly
IA139 NJF1045 – 1145BEY 737 3
IA140 BEY1230 – 1530NJF 737 3

Najaf – Dubai 3 weekly
IA121 NJF0830 – 1200DXB 737 4
IA127 NJF1430 – 1800DXB 737 5
IA121 NJF1415 – 1730DXB 737 6

IA122 DXB0600 – 0745NJF 737 4
IA128 DXB1200 – 1345NJF 737 5
IA122 DXB0700 – 0845NJF 737 6

Najaf – Tehran 4 weekly
IA113 NJF1400 – 1615THR 737 135
IA113 NJF0930 – 1145THR 737 6

IA114 THR1200 – 1315NJF 737 135
IA114 THR1230 – 1330NJF 737 6

30
Mar

Cham Wings Syria to Iraq

Syrian private carrier Cham Wings Airlines currently operates 3 weekly Damascus – Baghdad route with MD83. This is the airlines’ only service for the time being, which launched on 31DEC08.

6Q1910 DAM1000 – 1230BGW M83 247
6Q1911 BGW1330 – 1400DAM M83 247

30
Mar

Atlasjet Summer 09 Schedule to Sulaimaniyah

Atlasjet as per Sabre timetable display on 30MAR09 is showing 3 weekly service to Iraqi city of Sulaimaniyah from Istanbul

KK6900 IST2335 – 0205ISU 320 246
KK6901 ISU0315 – 0600IST 320 357

It also operates 4 weekly to Erbil

30
Mar

Aegean Air launch LH Italia codeshare

Aegean Airlines has started codesharing on Lufthansa Italia’s Milan – Paris CDG service


ROUTE A3 Codeshare LH Operating
Milan – Paris CDG A31448 LH1772
Paris CDG – Milan A31455
A31459
LH1773
LH1771
30
Mar

Aegean Air launch Paphos from May 09

Aegean Air from 03MAY09 launches 3 weekly Athens – Paphos service.

A3912 ATH0930 – 1100PFO 320 3
A3912 ATH0930 – 1100PFO AR1 57

A3913 PFO1145 – 1320ATH 320 3
A3913 PFO1145 – 1320ATH AR1 57

30
Mar

Jade Cargo to Nigeria

Jade Cargo from 15APR09 launches 2 weekly service to Nigeria. The routing is the following:

Shanghai – Shenzhen – Chennai – Sharjah – Lagos – Sharjah – Shanghai/Shenzhen

Service operates with 747-400ERF

30
Mar

Lufthansa Cargo new destinations

Lufthansa Cargo in the Summer 2009 timetable season is adding several destinations:

*eff 30MAR09 1 weekly Hanoi (outbound)
*eff 04APR09 1 weekly Malta (inbound from India)
*eff 06APR09 1 weekly Hyderabad

30
Mar

Emirates African changes for Summer 09

As per 30MAR09 GDS availability display, Emirates has adjusted the following services to Africa for 2009 Summer season.

Dubai – Addis Ababa – Entebbe
777-200 replace A340-300 from 01MAY09, then switches to 777-300ER from 01AUG09

Dubai – Tunis
Planned dedicated turnaround service still going ahead from 01AUG09. But frequency operates 5 times a week (Day x24), then increasing to Daily by 05JAN10

30
Mar

Emirates new Asian Reductions for 09

As per 30MAR09 availability display, Emirates starting 01MAY09 is reducing overall Singapore service from 24 to 21 weekly.

EK352/353, which currently operates Dubai – Singapore 3 weekly turn-around service, will be cancelled. Also note that this is the flight supposed to be operated by Airbus A380 from 03DEC09.

Also, Emirates is continuing to reduce service to both Beijing and Shanghai. Both cities will see gradual reductions from 14 to 11 weekly. Previous planned reduction was to 12 weekly.

Dubai – Beijing EK308/309
30MAR09 – 28APR09 Day x7
29APR09 – 25JUN09 Day x27
26JUN09Day 247

EK306/307 remains Daily

Dubai – Shanghai EK304/305
29MAR09 – 26APR09 Day x2
27APR09 – 29JUN09 Day x27
30JUN09 – Day x127

EK302/303 remains Daily

30
Mar

Saravia to Germany in Summer 09

Saratov Airlines (also known as Saravia) is operating Saratov – Frankfurt and Saratov – Hanover service from 20JUN09 to 06SEP09. Each flight operates once a week with Yakloev Yak42

Saratov – Frankfurt
6W2915 RTW0320 – 0550FRA YK4 7
6W2916 FRA0655 – 1320RTW YK4 7

Saratov – Hanover
6W2917 RTW0900 – 1120HAJ YK4 6
6W2918 HAJ1250 – 1905RTW YK4 6

30
Mar

Iran Air A320 to Tashkent & Vienna

As per GDS timetable display as of 30MAR09, Iran Air has inducted Airbus A320 aircraft to its operation.

For the Summer schedule, the A320 is operating:
1 weekly Tehran – Tashkent
2 weekly Tehran – Vienna

However, in Official airline Guide Worldwide Edition – Mar 2009, it shows the A320 plans to operate 1 weekly Milan and 1 weekly Paris Orly service. Of course these has been replaced by A300/A310

30
Mar

Aegean Air / AirOne codeshare deal ended

Aegean Airlines and AirOne has ended their codeshare agreement

30
Mar

Air Astana new Uralsk – Amsterdam service

Air Astana from 05APR09 launches NEW 1 weekly Uralsk – Amsterdam route

KC905 URA0800 – 0955AMS 752 1
KC906 AMS1220 – 1950URA 752 7

Amadeus FLIFO shows this service does not offer inflight duty-free

30
Mar

AA reduce op period of 3rd Daily Boston – Heathrow

As per 30MAR09 GDS timetable display, American Airlines’ planned 3rd Daily Boston – London Heathrow service, AA124/125, is only operating until 23AUG09, 2 months shorter than planned

30
Mar

Cathay Pacific minor changes to Middle East op

As per 30MAR09 GDS timetable display, Cathay Pacific is adjusting operating routing to Bahrain/Dubai/Riyadh on Day 6 (from HKG)

From 10MAY09, Day 6 departure operates Hong Kong – Bahrain – Riyadh – Hong Kong, REPLACING Hong Kong – Dubai – Bahrain vv

With the change, overall frequency to Riyadh increase from 4 to 5 weekly; Bahrain and Dubai remains unchanged, although the frequency between the two cities reduces from 3 to 2.

Also note that with the change, Bahrain gains additional capacity as it no longer shares with Dubai on Day 6.