Continental seasonal to Athens
Continental will launch seasonal Newark – Athens from 02MAY09 to 07SEP09. Service operates with 767-200ER, then switches to -400ER from 28MAY09
CO104 EWR1730 – 1020+1ATH 762 D
CO105 ATH1200 – 1610EWR 762 D 03MAY09 –
QATAR drops Nagpur from mid-May 09
As per GDS availability display on 30APR09, QATAR is suspending 2 weekly Doha – Nagpur service from 14MAY09.
Last flight operates on 13MAY09
Lufthansa 09/10 Winter Munich long-haul changes
As per GDS timetable display on 30APR09, some changes to Lufthansa long-haul winter 2009/10 season out of Munich is the following
Munich – Chicago
Airbus A340-600 operating. In 2008/09 Winter, service mainly operated by A330
Munich – Tel Aviv
Frequency changes, operates on Day x135 (Day x156 in Summer 09)
SWISS A330-300 New Routes
As per GDS timetable update on 30APR09, the following routes by SWISS is to be operated by the new Airbus A330-300.
Zurich – Dubai – Muscat eff 26JUN09
Zurich – Chicago 03AUG09 to 11OCT09
Zurich – Mumbai eff 01SEP09
Zurich – Delhi eff 12OCT09
The new Airbus A330-300 has already entered service on Zurich – New York JFK route
ASIANA reduce Sydney in Jun/Jul 09
As per GDS timetable display on 30APR09, ASIANA is reducing Seoul – Sydney service to 6 weekly from 11JUN09 to 14JUL09.
Day 3 service is cancelled from Seoul
Air Pacific drops Gold Coast
Air Pacific effective immediately is cancelling Nadi – Coolangatta (Gold Coast) service.
Austrian reduce Dubai to 1 Daily
Starting 01MAY09, Austrian’s Vienna – Dubai service will be reduced from 2 to 1 Daily.
OS837/838 is cancelled. OS839/840 will continue to maintain Daily Boeing 767 operation
Lufthansa reduce Munich – Linz service
Lufthansa from 30MAY09 is reducing Munich – Linz from 3 to 2 Daily.
LH3544/3545, morning service, is cancelled
Air Namibia European changes
As per GDS timetable display on 30APR09, changes to Air Namibia’s European service are the following.
Windhoek – London Gatwick 2 weekly service suspended starting 29MAY09
Windhoek – Frankfurt Service increase from 5 to 6 weekly from 06SEP09
Air Europa reduce Mexico service
Air Europa is reducing service on its Madrid – Cancun service.
From 30APR09 to 04MAY09, service reduced to 3 weekly, and further reduced to 1 weekly until 01JUN09. Service operates on Day 1 for Madrid departure.
The flight cut to Mexico is the first European airline to do so due to the H1N1 New Flu virus pandemic.
Yemenia / Felix Airways codesharing
Yemenia has placed its “IY” code on Felix Airways’ Domestic service.
Codeshare list as follows: Read more 
SIA 09/10 Winter Hong Kong operation
As per GDS inventory display on 30APR09, Singapore Airlines’ 2009/10 Winter operation on the Singapore – Hong Kong route sees 4 Daily 777-200 and 1 Daily 777-300ER operating.
777-200 replaces SQ862/861′s 777-300ER and SQ866/863′s 777-300 service
SIA/Silk Air Penang codeshare
As per GDS timetable display on 30APR09, Singapore Airlines is now displaying its “SQ” code on Silk Air’s Singapore – Penang flight when the latter takes over 2 of 3 Daily service from 01JUN09
| Route | SQ Codeshare | MI Operating |
| Singapore – Penang | SQ5356 SQ5360 |
MI356 MI358 |
| Penang – Singapore | SQ5355 SQ5359 |
MI355 MI357 |
Shenzhen Air launches Zhoushan service
Shenzhen Airlines today launches 3 weekly Shenzhen – Fuzhou – Zhoushan service with Airbus A320
ZH9761 SZX0750 – 0920FOC1030 – 1130HSN 320 246
ZH9762 HSN1210 – 1310FOC1400 – 1520SZX 320 246
Continental seasonal Athens flight
Continental will launch seasonal Newark – Athens from 02MAY09 to 07SEP09. Service operates with 767-200ER, then switches to -400ER from 28MAY09
CO104 EWR1730 – 1020+1ATH 762 D
CO105 ATH1200 – 1610EWR 762 D 03MAY09 –
Safi Airways expanded Domestic/Mid-East Network
Afghanistan’s Safi Airways has launched several new services domestically and to the Middle East.
Kabul – Abu Dhabi 2 weekly
4Q211 KBL1230 – 1500AUH 733 4
4Q211 KBL1730 – 2000AUH 733 7
4Q212 AUH0400 – 0730KBL 733 1
4Q212 AUH1545 – 1915KBL 733 4
Kabul – Kuwait City 1 weekly
4Q215 KBL2050 – 2250KWI 733 4
4Q216 KWI0100 – 0600KBL 733 5
Kabul – Mazar-E-Sheriff
4Q133 KBL1615 – 1715MZR 733 2
4Q134 MZR1800 – 1900KBL 733 2
4Q231 KBL1615 – 1715MZR 733 5
4Q232 MZR0745 – 0845KBL 733 6
Herat – Mazar-E-Sheriff
4Q131 HEA1145 – 1245MZR 733 57
4Q132 MZR1330 – 1430HEA 733 57
It also operates the following service to Dubai:
2 weekly Mazar-E-Sheriff – Dubai
2 weekly Kandahar – Dubai
10 weekly Kabul – Dubai
Safi Airways launches Europe flight from Jun 09
Afghanistan’s Safi Airways effective 15JUN09 will launch 3 weekly Kabul – Frankfurt nonstop service onboard Boeing 767-200
4Q051 KBL0645 – 1420FRA 762 3
4Q051 KBL0955 – 1740FRA 762 15
4Q052 FRA2015 – 0600+1KBL 762 135
EVA Air 777 to London In May 09
EVA Air from 06MAY09 to 30MAY09 is operating Boeing 777-300ER instead of 747 on the Taipei – Bangkok – London Heathrow route, on the following dates
06MAY09 – 16MAY09 Even Days
19MAY09 – 23MAY09 Odd Days
26MAY09 – 30MAY09 Even Days
Air China reduce Australia service
As per GDS timetable display on 30APR09, Air China’s Beijing – Shanghai – Sydney service has been reduced from 4 to 3 weekly until 10JUN09.
Day 2 departure from China is cancelled.
Also, 4 weekly Beijing – Shanghai – Melbourne till 01JUN09 is reduced to 3 weekly, Day 3 departure from China is cancelled. Day 5 is not operating from 03JUN09 to 09JUN09
Air China shelved Sao Paulo relaunch
As per GDS timetable display on 30APR09, Air China has shelved the plan to extend Beijing – Madrid service to Sao Paulo.
The airline originally plans to resume the service on 28JUN09.
