DELTA A330-200 1-time only Portland OR – Honolulu

As per GDS timetable, availability and inventory display on 01APR09, DELTA subsidiary nwa is operating Airbus A330-200 aircraft on 31MAY09′s Portland OR to Honolulu service.

NW217 PDX1220 – 1515HNL 332 31MAY09

DELTA reschedules Portland OR – Honolulu from Jun 09

Effective 08JUN09, DELTA subsidiary nwa is rescheduling its Daily Portland OR – Honolulu service

till 07JUN09
NW217 PDX1240 – 1529HNL 753 D
NW218 HNL2240 – 0717+1PDX0850+1 753 D

eff 08JUN09
NW217 PDX1715 – 1955HNL 753 D
NW218 HNL2255 – 0722+1PDX0835+1 753 D

DELTA 1 Daily Seattle – Tokyo for 09 Summer

DELTA subsidiary nwa will only operate 1 Daily Seattle – Tokyo during this peak summer season.

In the past summer it usually operates extra 1-2 weekly (total 8-9) on this route.

Iran Air 747 European Route in Summer 09

As per GDS timetable display on 01APR09, Iran Air is operating Boeing 747 aircraft on to the following European routes during Summer peak season

Tehran – Gothenburg
1 weekly service from 15JUN09 to 21SEP09 sees 747 replace A310

Tehran – Hamburg
Day 2 service from 23JUN09 to 15SEP09 operates with 747SP instead of A310. This is the 3rd weekly flights operating during the period mentioned

Tehran – London Heathrow
All 4 weekly 747, previously mentioned

Iran Air A320 to Paris

As per GDS timetable display on 01APR09, Iran Air is operating Airbus A320 aircraft on the 3rd weekly Tehran – Paris Orly flight, from 14JUN09 to 18SEP09.

The 3rd weekly flight operates on Day 7, in addition to Day 25 with A300.

Lufthansa Tehran aircraft shuffle

Lufthansa is adjusting its aircraft operation on the Frankfurt – Tehran service in April and May.

Airbus A330-300 and A340-300 aircraft is scheduled to operate during these two months before switching to larger capacity A340-600 for the rest of Summer season

A330-300
21APR09
28APR09 – 30APR09
05MAY09
07MAY09
09MAY09 – 10MAY09

A340-300
01APR09 – 02APR09
04APR09 – 20APR09
22APR09 – 27APR09
01MAY09 – 04MAY09
06MAY09
08MAY09

A340-600
03APR09
11MAY09 – 24OCT09

Finnair to launch Halifax & Miami from Nov 09

As per Finnair inventory display on 01APR09, Finnair will launch Helsinki – Halifax – Miami Leisure flight onboard Boeing 757-200, effective 09NOV09.

It does not have local traffic rights on Halifax – Miami sector

AY2987 HEL0655 – 0905YHZ1005 – 1320MIA 757 1
AY2988 MIA1450 – 1930YHZ2030 – 0930+1HEL 757 1

Emirates changes to Dar es Salaam

Emirates from 01MAY09 will switch operating aircraft on Dubai – Dar es Salaam EK725/726 flight. Service changes from A330-200 to A340-300. Planned change to 777-300ER has shelved.

Emirates launch Luanda from Aug 09

The following was first mentioned on FlyerTalk forum.

As per 01APR09 Emirates inventory display, it’ll be launching 3 weekly service on the Dubai – Luanda service from 04AUG09. Service to the Angolan capital is operated by A330-200

EK791 DXB1050 – 1550LAD 332 247
EK792 LAD1800 – 0500+1DXB 332 247

Hewa Bora to add 3rd weekly to EU and shortest 767 route

As per Amadeus timetable display on 01APR09, Hewa Bora Airways is adding 3rd weekly Kinshasa – Brussels – Paris CDG service, starting 23JUN09. The 3rd weekly service, will originates from Kinshasa while the other 2 weekly actually originates from Lubumbashi

EO103 FBM0800 – 0915FIH1030 – 1930BRU2030 – 2120CDG 762 3
EO104 CDG1000 – 1050BRU1200 – 1900FIH2000 – 2315FBM 762 4

EO106 FBM0800 – 0915FIH1030 – 1930BRU2030 – 2120CDG 762 6
EO107 CDG1000 – 1050BRU1200 – 1900FIH2000 – 2315FBM 762 7

EO101 BZV0840 – 0900FIH1030 – 1930BRU2030 – 2120CDG 762 1 22JUN09 –
EO102 CDG1000 – 1050BRU1200 – 1900FIH2000 – 2020BZV 762 2 23JUN09 -

With the 3rd weekly service, it’ll be operate the shortest Boeing 767 route in the world, as Brazzaville – Kinshasa route block time is 20 minutes, and the airborne time will be around 7-10 minutes, similar to AIRFRANCE operated with its A330-200 between Dec 08 and Mar 09. Normally Hewa Bora operates Boeing 727 on this sector.

EDIT
Ethiopian Airlines in fact also operate this route as Addis Ababa – Brazzaville – Kinshasa – Addis Ababa with a mix of 757/767, but doesn’t have local traffic

TAAG maintains Beijing service

As per Amadues timetable display, TAAG Angola continues to operate Luanda – Beijing service, and is operating the flight 3 times a week

DT690 LAD0600 – 0300+1PEK 777 246
DT691 PEK0600 – 1500LAD 777 357

TAAG launch brussels airlines codeshare

TAAG Angola starting this week begin codesharing on brussels airlines’ Brussels – Luanda service.

Route DT Codeshare SN Operating
Luanda – Kinshasa – Brussels DT6360 SN359
Brussels – Luanda DT6359 SN359

EVA Air Cargo drops San Francisco/ reduce Seattle

EVA Air Cargo has cancelled San Francisco service for the 09 Summer season.

Seattle service is also reduced to once a week

Eritrean Airlines drops Frankfurt

Eritrean Airlines starting this week cancelled service to Frankfurt for the 2009 Summer season

Condor cancels Frankfurt – Recife

Condor cancelled Frankfurt – Recife service for the Northern Summer season

Uzbekistan 2nd weekly to Riga & New York

As usual Uzbekistan Airways will be operating 2nd weekly service on the Tashkent – Riga – New York JFK service, starting 04JUN09 on Day 4.

HY101 TAS0340 – 0710RIX0910 – 1200JFK 763 7
HY102 JFK1430 – 0615+1RIX0745+1 – 1435+1TAS 763 7

04JUN09 – 10SEP09
HY101 TAS0505 – 0835RIX1005 – 1255JFK 763 4
HY102 JFK1525 – 0710+1RIX0840+1 – 1530+1TAS 763 4

Uzbekistan 757 to Rostov

Uzbekistan Airways from 15MAY09 is operating Boeing 757 aircraft once a week on the Tashkent – Rostov service.

The 757 operates on Day 5 while Day 1 continues to operate with Tupolev Tu154

AEROFLOT-DON to Prague from late- Apr 09

AEROFLOT-DON will launch 1 weekly Rostov – Prague service starting 25APR09

D9305 ROV0705 – 0820PRG 735 6
D9306 PRG0950 – 1435ROV 735 6

CSA Czech will codeshare on this service

Route OK Codeshare D9 Operating
Rostov – Prague OK5915 D9305
Prague – Rostov OK5916 D9306

AIRFRANCE 77W to Sao Paulo

AIRFRANCE in the 2009 Northern Summer timetable is operating Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on the Paris CDG – Sao Paulo route along with 777-200ER and A330-200.

AF456/459 332 Day x36
AF454/455 772 Day x27 77W Day 27

Operational days mentioned above is for Paris CDG departure

germanwings adding new routes for Winter 09/10

germanwings from 25OCT09 will offer 3 new routes from Hamburg for the 2009/10 Winter timetable season.

It’ll operate service to:
Cologne
Klagenfurt
Salzburg


From Cologne it’ll offer service to:
Klagenfurt
Salzburg
Venice Treviso

AIRFRANCE cancels Lyon – Frankfurt

AIRFRANCE starting this week cancel its Lyon – Frankfurt service, according to a press statement from Frankfurt Airport

Ethiopian Airlines 737-800 Routes

As per Ethiopian Airlines’ 2009 Summer timetable in PDF format, the airline will be introducing Boeing 737-800 aircraft starting June 2009.

The 737-800 is to operate on the following routes, tentatively

Addis Ababa – Beirut Daily
Addis Ababa – Dar es Salaam – Zanzibar Daily
Addis Ababa – Lilongwe – Lusaka – Addis Ababa Daily
Addis Ababa – Riyadh 3 weekly

In addition to routes mentioned above, it may also deploy 737-800 on other routes.

Lufthansa/AirOne partnership ends

The codeshare partnership between Lufthansa and AirOne has come to an end on 28MAR09.

Lufthansa/SWISS codeshare flight number changes

Starting 01JUN09, selected Lufthansa codeshare service operated by SWISS will see flight number changes

Route LH Codeshare LX Operating
till 31MAY09 eff 01JUN09
Zurich – Athens LH5236
LH5238
LH5240
LH5156
LH5158
LH5160
LX1830
LX1838
LX1842
Athens – Zurich

LH5237
LH5239
LH5241
LH5157
LH5159
LH5161
LX1843
LX1831
LX1839
Zurich – Nairobi – Dar es Salaam LH5280 LH5168 LX292
Dar es Salaam – Nairobi – Zurich LH5281 LH5169 LX293
Zurich – Riyadh – Jeddah LH5278 LH5166 LX228
Jeddah – Riyadh – Zurich LH5279 LH5167 LX229
Zurich – Thessaloniki LH5260 LH5162 LX1850
Thessaloniki – Zurich LH5261 LH5163 LX1851

LH Italia codeshare with Aegean

Lufthansa this week begin codesharing on Aegean Air’s Milan – Athens service. The codeshare service feeds Lufthansa Italia’s routes.

Route LH Codeshare A3 Operating
Milan Malpensa – Athens LH5924
LH5966
A3661
A3663
Athens – Milan Malpensa LH5925
LH5967
A3660
A3662

Lufthansa adds 3 new codeshare cities by Austrian

Lufthansa has placed its “LH” code on additional destinations served by Austrian Airlines.

Route LH Codeshare OS Operating
Vienna – Iasi LH6452 OS645
Iasi – Vienna LH6451 OS646
Vienna – Kosice LH6436 OS741
Kosice – Vienna LH6435 OS742
Vienna – Varna LH6392 OS763
Varna – Vienna LH6391 OS764