Air NZ 09/10 N Winter changes to US/Canada
As per GDS timetable display on 29MAY09, the following is Air New Zealand’s adjustment for 2009/10 Northern Winter season….
Auckland – Los Angeles
NZ005/006 operates Day x13
Day 24 777 service operates until 17NOV09.
Auckland – San Francisco
Day 24 service cancelled
Auckland – Vancouver
30OCT09 – 15NOV09 Day 57 744
16NOV09 – 22NOV09 Day 37 744
23NOV09 – 13DEC09 Day 3 772; Day 7 744
16DEC09 – Day 3 772; Day 57 744
Air NZ Reduce HK – Heathrow from Oct 09
Air New Zealand starting 01OCT09 is reducing service to London Heathrow from 14 to 12 weekly.
The frequency cut affects existing Daily Auckland – Hong Kong – London, which is to be reduced to 5 weekly (Day x27 for AKL departure). .However, Air New Zealand will continue to maintain Daily Hong Kong service. Revised schedule is the following:
NZ039 AKL2345 – 0615+1HKG0815+1 – 1335+1LHR 772 x27
NZ038 LHR2105 – 1715+1HKG1915+1 – 1110+1AKL 772 x13
NZ081 AKL2345 – 0615+1HKG 772 27
NZ082 HKG1915 – 1110+1AKL 772 24
BA to Sharm el Sheikh from Oct 09
British Airways from 26OCT09 is launching 3 weekly London Gatwick – Sharm el Sheikh from 26OCT09
BA2055 LGW2200 – 0500+1SSH 777 146
BA2054 SSH1100 – 1425LGW 777 257
BA launches Maldives from Oct 09
British Airways today announced it’ll launch 3 weekly London Gatwick – Male service from 25OCT09
BA2043 LGW1910 – 1015+1MLE 777 257
BA2042 MLE1320 – 1920LGW 777 136
China Airlines June 09 Changes
Due to the concern over H1N1 Flu Virus leading to a drop in reservations, China Airlines will be cancelling/reducing or using smaller aircraft on some of its flight in June 2009.
The list is below:
Taipei – Bangkok
CANCELLATION CI833/834 31MAY09 – 06JUN09 Day x35
Taipei – Bangkok – Amsterdam
REDUCTION FROM DAILY TO
31MAY09 – 06JUN09 Day x24
07JUN09 – 13JUN09 Day x2
14JUN09 – 28JUN09 Day x7
05JUL09 – 12JUL09 Day x2
Taipei – Bangkok – Rome
REDUCTION FROM 3 WEEKLY TO
24JUN09 – 04JUL09 Day 36 (FCO/BKK departs following day)
Taipei – Frankfurt
REDUCTION FROM 6 WEEKLY TO
02JUN09 – 27JUN09 Day x13
Taipei – Fukuoka
CANCELLATION 03JUN09, 06JUN09 (FUK deaprts the following day, cancelled)
Taipei – Hanoi
REDUCTION FROM DAILY TO
31MAY09 – 06JUN09 Day x5
07JUN09 – 11JUL09 Day x2
Taipei – Hiroshima
REDUCTION FROM DAILY TO
24MAY09 – 30MAY09 Day x135
31MAY09 – 06JUN09 Day x145
07JUN09 – 13JUN09 Day x125
14JUN09 – 26JUN09 Day x125
Hiroshima departs the following day
Taipei – Hong Kong
REDUCTION FROM DAILY TO
CI605/606
31MAY09 – 06JUN09 Day x36
07JUN09 – 13JUN09 Day x356
14JUN09 – 03JUL09 Day x36
CI903/904
07JUN09 – 13JUN09 Day x4
14JUN09 – 20JUN09 Day x5
CI915/916
07JUN09 – 13JUN09 Day x34
Taipei – Hong Kong – Bangkok
REDUCTION FROM DAILY TO
CI643/644 14JUN09 – 27JUN09 Day x1 (BKK/HKG departs following day)
Taipei – Jakarta
REDUCTION FROM DAILY TO
31MAY09 – 06JUN09 Day x2
07JUN09 – 13JUN09 Day x7
Taipei – Nagoya
CANCELLATION
29MAY09, 02JUN09, 04JUN09, 06JUN09, 08JUN09, 09JUN09, 13JUN09
(Nagoya departure the following day)
Taipei – Okinawa
CANCELLATION
CI120/121: 28MAY09, 01JUN09 – 03JUN09, 05JUN09
CI122/123: 04JUN09, 06JUN09 – 07JUN09
Taipei – Osaka
CANCELLATION
03JUN09 – 04JUN09, 06JUN09, 09JUN09, 11JUN09, 13JUN09
Taipei – Penang
REDUCTION FROM DAILY TO
14JUN09 – 20JUN09 Day x2
21JUN09 – 27JUN09 Day x24
28JUN09 – 04JUL09 Day x2
Kaohsiung – Nagoya
CANCELLATION 01JUN09 – 09JUN09
AIRCRAFT CHANGES
Taipei – Fukuoka 737-800 replace A330
01JUN09 – 02JUN09, 09JUN09 (FUK departs following day)
Taipei – Ho Chi Minh CI783/784, 737-800 replace A340
31MAY09 – 06JUN09 Day 247
Taipei – Nagoya 737-800 replace A330
01JUN09, 03JUN09, 05JUN09, 12JUN09 (NGO departs following day)
Taipei – Osaka 737-800 replace A330
05JUN09, 15JUN09
Taipei – Tokyo Narita
CI106/107, A330 replace 747: 02JUN09 – 10JUN09 (NRT departs following day)
CI100/101, A330 replace 747: 02JUN09 – 07JUN09, 09JUN09
AEROFLOT-NORD returns to Eisk
AEROFLOT-NORD once again will operate Moscow Sheremetyevo – Eisk route from 06JUN09 for the Summer season.
AEROFLOT will also place its “SU” code on the flight
5N533/SU633 SVO1310 – 1505EIK TU3 x23
5N534/SU634 EIK1605 – 1805SVO TU3 x23
AeroMexico relaunches Durango – Chicago
AeroMexico from 27JUN09 resumes Durango – Chicago service.
However, service operates once a week with EMB190, instead of 3 weekly 737 compared to 2008.
AM2690 DGO1200 – 1540ORD E90 6
AM2691 ORD1640 – 2040DGO E90 6
Vladivostok A330 operation adjustment
As per GDS timetable display on 29MAY09, Vladivostok Air is operating NEW Airbus A330-300 aircraft on the Vladivostok – Moscow Vnukovo route, 6 times a week, instead of Daily.
Day 3 is operated by Tupolev Tu204.
A330 enters first service with the airline from 10JUN09
Air Astana to start Novosibirsk service
As per GDS timetable display on 29MAY09, Air Astana is starting 3 weekly Astana – Novosibirsk service from 15JUN09
KC217 TSE1035 – 1400OVB F50 1
KC217 TSE1235 – 1600OVB F50 35
KC218 OVB1605 – 1755 TSE F50 1
KC218 OVB1650 – 1840TSE F50 35
easyJet expands Milan Malpensa in Winter 09/10
easyJet in the 2009/10 Winter season is increasing service out of Milan Malpensa by adding 1 extra daily flights…..
Milan – Naples eff 02OCT09, from 4 to 5 Daily
Milan – Barcelona eff 05OCT09, from 2 to 3 Daily
Milan – Lamezia Terme eff 06OCT09, from 1 to 2 Daily
Milan – Amsterdam eff 26OCT09, from 2 to 3 Daily
Milan – Madrid eff 26OCT09, from 2 to 3 Daily
Milan – Rome Fiumcino eff 26OCT09, from 4 to 5 Daily
The following service sees 1 extra flight on Day 67 only, eff 25OCT09
Milan – Bari
Milan – Catania
Increases made during Summer season is being maintained in Winter:
Rome – Palermo From 2 to 3 Daily
1 Daily roundtrip Milan – Prague effective 22OCT09
Bahrain Air adds 2 new destinations from Jun 09
Bahrain Air is starting service to Mashad and Mumbai from June and July respectively. Schedule is listed below:
Bahrain – Mashad 2 weekly eff 15JUN09
2B441 BAH2330 – 0320+1MHD 320 25
2B442 MHD0420 – 0510BAH 320 36
Bahrain – Mumbai 1 Daily eff 06JUL09
2B517 BAH2300 – 0440+1BOM 320 D
2B518 BOM0530 – 0650BAH 320 D 07JUL09 -
Gulf Air Summer 09 increases
Gulf Air is increasing service on selected routes in the Middle-East and Pakistan during Summer peak season….
Bahrain – Amman Increase from 7 to 11 weekly from 27JUN09, new flight:
GF973 BAH0010 – 0245AMM 320 x235
GF974 AMM0330 – 0600BAH 320 x235
Service operates on Day 146 only from 21SEP09
Bahrain – Beirut Increase from 9 to 11 weekly from 04JUL09, on GF913/914 (From 2 to 4 weekly)
Bahrain – Damascus Increase from 7 to 11 weekly from 23JUN09, new flight:
GF903 BAH0001 – 0250DAM 32S x145
GF904 DAM0340 – 0615BAH 32S x145
From 01JUN09 to 22JUN09, GF903/904 also operates on selected days
Bahrain – Karachi From 01JUN09 to 15SEP09, service is operated by larger capacity A330/340
US Airways/QATAR codeshare begins this week
US Airways and QATAR Airways this week launched codeshare operation between the US and Qatar. Codeshare list is the following, however some flights may not operate on certain dates.
| Route | QR Codeshare | US Operating |
| London Gatwick – Charlotte | QR5427 | US733 |
| Athens – Philadelphia | QR5413 | US759 |
| London Gatwick – Philadelphia | QR5429 | US731 |
| Madrid – Philadelphia | QR5435 | US741 |
| Manchester – Philadelphia | QR5437 | US735 |
| Philadelphia – Milan | QR5440 | US716 |
| Stockholm – Philadelphia | QR5411 | US753 |
| Route | US Codeshare | QR Operating |
| London Gatwick – Doha | US4970 | QR076 |
| Doha – London Gatwick | US4971 | QR075 |
| Madrid – Doha | US4976 | QR070 |
| Doha – Madrid | US4977 | QR069 |
| Manchester – Doha | US4972 | QR046 |
| Doha – Manchester | US4973 | QR041 |
| Milan – Doha | US4974 | QR036 |
| Doha – Milan | US4975 | QR035 |
| Doha – Stockholm | US4981 | QR091 |
Air Ivoire to lease JAT aircraft from JUL 09
As per GDS timetable display on 28MAY09, Air Iovire is to lease Boeing 737-300 aircraft from JAT Airways, replacing current service operated by MD80s.
The leased 737 enters operation from 01JUL09
AIRFRANCE adds nonstop Yaounde service
As per GDS timetable display on 28MAY09, AIRFRANCE is adding 2 weekly NONSTOP Paris CDG – Yaounde service.
Nonstop service begins from 16JUL09, which replace 2 of 3 weekly service via Douala….
AF948 CDG1030 – 1610NSI 332 46
AF947 NSI2235 – 0610+1CDG 332 46
Service from 07SEP09 operates on Day 16
Oman Air selected flt nbr change to India in W09/10
As per GDS timetable display on 28MAY09, Oman Air is changing selected flight numbers on service to India, effective 25OCT09. The list of the changes is below:
| Route | till 24OCT09 | eff 25OCT09 |
| Muscat – Bangalore | WY811 | WY283 |
| Bangalore – Muscat | WY812 | WY284 |
| Muscat – Delhi | WY813 | WY241 |
| Delhi – Muscat | WY814 | WY242 |
| Muscat – Thiruvananthapuram | WY815 WY817 |
WY211 WY213 |
| Thiruvananthapuram – Muscat | WY816 WY818 |
WY212 WY214 |
Oman Air changes to Munich in Winter 09/10
As per GDS timetable display on 28MAY09, Oman Air’s new 3 weekly Muscat – Munich service sees schedule changes in the 2009/10 Winter timetable
WY121 MCT1305 – 1735MUC 332 24
WY123 MCT1600 – 2030MUC 332 6
WY122 MUC2215 – 0735+1MUC 332 24
WY124 MUC2215 – 0735+1MUC 332 6
AIRFRANCE flt nbr swap to Bamako from Oct 09
As per GDS timetable display on 28MAY09, AIRFRANCE will be switching its flight number on flights to Bamako , from 25OCT09. The list of change is the following:
| Route | till 24OCT09 | eff 25OCT09 |
| Paris CDG – Bamako | AF796 | AF3096 |
| Bamako – Paris CDG | AF791 | AF3093 |
AIRFRANCE 2010 Summer Flight Number changes
As per GDS timetable display on 28MAY09, AIRFRANCE starting the launch of 2010 Summer timetable (28MAR10) is to shuffle its flight numbers. Affected region and general changes are the following….
Indian Ocean / Caribbean AF4xx/6xx/9xx changes to AF35xx
Middle East (excluding Beirut & Tel Aviv) AF5xx changes to AF38xx
Africa (excluding selected destinations) New flight number ranges is scattered to AF7xx / 8xx / 30xx
Note the following changes are as of 28MAY09.
AIRFRANCE Chicago Flight number swap
As per GDS timetable display on 28MAY09, AIRFRANCE is switching flight numbers on its Paris CDG – Chicago from the launch of 2009/10 Winter timetable…
| Route | till 24OCT09 | eff 25OCT09 |
| Paris CDG – Chicago | AF050 | AF664 |
| Chicago – Paris CDG | AF051 | AF667 |
AIRFRANCE is also planning to switch flight numbers to Houston and Miami on the same date as well, as previously reported
