Taiwan / Italy new bilateral deal

Taiwan and Italy has revised existing bilateral deal, which was signed earlier this month

New Destination
Taiwan: Kaohsiung
Italy: Milan

5th freedom rights via intermediate point will be maintained

A maximum of 7 weekly passenger flights and 3 weekly cargo flights can be operated between the 2 countries. China Airlines currently operates 3 weekly pax and 2 weekly cargo flights to Italy.

Designated carrier from each side will be required to operate service under codesharing.

bmi/TAM Domestic Brazil codeshare routes

bmi is displaying its “BD” code on the following domestic Brazil service operated by TAM.

Route BD Codeshare JJ Operating
Sao Paulo – Belo Horizonte BD5938 JJ3338
Belo Horizonte – Sao Paulo BD5936 JJ8096
Sao Paulo – Campo Grande – Cuiaba BD5994 JJ3804
Cuiaba – Campo Grande – Sao Paulo BD5995 JJ3805
Sao Paulo – Curitiba BD5927 JJ3157
Curitiba – Sao Paulo BD5924
BD5926
JJ3156
JJ3336
Sao Paulo – Curitiba – Londrina BD5913 JJ3333
Londrina – Curitiba – Sao Paulo BD5912 JJ3332
Sao Paulo – Fortaleza BD5878 JJ3848
Fortaleza – Sao Paulo BD5879 JJ3849
Sao Paulo – Fortaleza – Natal BD5952 JJ3302
Natal – Fortaleza – Sao Paulo BD5951 JJ3301
Sao Paulo – Brasilia – Goiana BD5979 JJ3579
Goiana – Sao Paulo BD5977 JJ3467
Sao Paulo – Iguassu Falls BD5969 JJ3559
Iguassu Falls – Sao Paulo BD5968 JJ3168
Sao Paulo – Manaus BD5828 JJ3748
Manaus – Sao Paulo BD5829 JJ3749
Sao Paulo – Porto Alegre BD5901 JJ3161
Porto Alegre – Sao Paulo BD5906 JJ3296
Sao Paulo – Recife BD5942
BD5944
JJ3502
JJ3504
Recife – Sao Paulo BD5945 JJ3505
Sao Paulo – Rio de Janeiro BD5810 JJ3520
Rio de Janeiro – Sao Paulo BD5811 JJ3521
Sao Paulo – Salvador de Bahia BD5892
BD5894
JJ3154
JJ3174
Salvador de Bahia – Sao Paulo BD5877
BD5893
BD5895
JJ3897
JJ3603
JJ3175
Vitoria – Sao Paulo BD5993 JJ3363
Rio de Janeiro – Iguassu Falls BD5957 JJ3187
Iguassu Falls – Rio de Janeiro BD5962 JJ3162

airBaltic adds 2 new routes from Linköping

airBaltic will be adding 2 new summer seasonal routes out of Linköping.

Linköping – Stavanger effective 04MAY09
BT1255 LPI2305 – 0025+1SVG 735 145
BT1256 SVG0600 – 0715LPI 735 256

Linköping – Bergen effective 31MAY09
BT1257 LPI2305 – 0025+1BGO 735 7
BT1258 BGO0605 – 0720LPI 735 1

Lufthansa 2nd weekly to Luanda

Effective 31MAY09, Lufthansa will increase Frankfurt – Luanda service from 1 to 2 weekly.

New frequency departs Day 4 from FRA and Day 5 from LAD

Lufthansa splits Lagos and Accra op from Jul 09

As per 22APR09 GDS timetable display, Lufthansa service to Accra will become non-stop, replacing service via Lagos starting 01JUL09. With the change, it’ll operate 5 weekly nonstop flights.

LH566 FRA1055 – 1525ACC 333 34
LH566 FRA1100 – 1530ACC 333 26
LH566 FRA1110 – 1540ACC 333 1

LH567 ACC2245 – 0710+1FRA 333 34
LH567 ACC2250 – 0715+1FRA 333 26
LH567 ACC2300 – 0725+1FRA 333 1

Frankfurt – Lagos will become terminator flight, operating with Airbus A340-600, but schedule varies from 01JUL09.

Air India on AIRFRANCE Frankfurt – Paris CDG codeshare

Air India currently has one-way codeshare agreement on AIRFRANCE’s Frankfurt – Paris CDG route

Current AI Codeshare AF Operating
Frankfurt – Paris CDG

AI8919
AI8019
AF1919
AF1019

Philippine Busan reduction

Philippine Airlines has temporary reduced Manila – Busan service to 2 weekly (Day 47). Service to become 4 weekly (Day x125) once again from 29JUN09

Air Asia to add new routes to Singapore; launch Colombo

Air Asia will be launching the following 3 new routes soon:

Kuala Lumpur – Colombo
Penang – Singapore
Langkawi – Singapore

Air Asia X Daily to London from Jul 09

Air Asia X from 01JUL09 will increase 5 weekly Kuala Lumpur – London Stansted service to Daily

D72002 KUL1600 – 2300STN 340 2
D72008 KUL1600 – 2300STN 340 15
D72006 KUL0950 – 1650STN 340 36
D72008 KUL1700 – 2359STN 340 47

D72003 STN0125 – 2125KUL 340 3
D72009 STN0125 – 2125KUL 340 x347
D72007 STN1810 – 1410+1KUL 340 36

Korean Air increase Jeju – Osaka flight

Korean Air from 01MAY09 is increasing its Jeju – Osaka service from 4 to 6 weekly due to strong demand.

Service currently operates on Day x367, but will be increasing to Day x3.