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
