Pakistan delays London Stansted & Frankfurt service
As per GDS timetable display on 14MAY09, it appears that Pakistan International has postponed the following launch/relaunched routes:
1 weekly Lahore – Islamabad – Frankfurt
1 weekly Lahore – Frankfurt
1 weekly Lahore – Dubai – London Stansted
1 weekly Islamabad – Dubai – London Stansted
Service will now begins from 14JUN09 for Frankfurt and 17JUN09 for London Stansted
Saudi A330 inaugural postponed by extra few days
As per 14MAY09 GDS timetable display, once again Saudi Arabian Airlines has postponed the Airbus A330-200 inauguration date.
The latest dates are:
Jeddah – Hyderabad eff 18MAY09 as planned (was 17MAY09 inaugural)
Jeddah – Kozhikode eff 22MAY09 (was 15MAY09), 2 weekly
Jeddah – Riyadh – Kozhikode eff 23MAY09 (was 16MAY09), 2 weekly
Jeddah – Addis Ababa eff 23MAY09 (was 16MAY09), 2 weekly
Jeddah – Johannesburg eff 25MAY09 (was 18MAY09)
Jeddah – Riyadh – Bangalore eff 25MAY09 (was 15MAY09), 2 weekly
Jeddah – Tunis eff 26MAY09 (was 19MAY09)
Jeddah – Riyadh – Hyderabad eff 27MAY09 (was 20MAY09)
China Southern changes to Taipei
China Southern Airlines is adjusting its service to Taiwan.
Guangzhou – Taipei Taoyuan
Service has been switched to larger capacity Boeing 777 on its 4 weekly flight. But service is reduced to 3 weekly from 01JUN09 to 22JUN09 with Day 1 cancelled.
Shenzhen – Taipei Taoyuan
2 weekly A320 service switches to A330-300 from 21MAY09
Zhengzhou – Taipei Taoyuan
Service currently operates until 25MAY09
AeroMexico cancels Rome
AeroMexico has cancelled its 2 weekly Mexico City – Monterrey – Rome service
Mandarin Airlines china service update
Mandarin Airlines has started 1 weekly Kaohsiung – Hangzhou service using China Airlines’ Airbus A330
AE7237 KHH1800 – 1950HGH 333 3
AE7238 HGH2105 – 2300KHH 333 3
Also, it has started a bi-weekly Taichung – Shenzhen service with Embraer E190
AE7241 RMQ0900 – 1040SZX E90 5
AE7242 SZX1200 – 1340RMQ E90 5
It’s Taichung – Hangzhou has been converted to bi-weekly service as well.
TAM/PLUNA codesharing
TAM and PLUNA currntly has codeshare agreement on the Montevideo – Sao Paulo route
| Route | JJ Codeshare | PU Operating |
| Montevideo – Sao Paulo | JJ8399 JJ8397 |
PU236 PU230 |
| Sao Paulo – Montevideo | JJ8396 JJ8398 |
PU231 PU225 |
| PU Codeshare | JJ Operating | |
| Montevideo – Sao Paulo | PU7224 | JJ8047 |
| Sao Paulo – Montevideo | PU7231 | JJ8046 |
TAM 2nd Daily to Montevideo from mid-June 09
TAM from 19JUN09 is to launch 2nd Daily Sao Paulo – Montevideo service.
JJ8046 GRU0915 – 1150MVD 320 D
JJ8044 GRU2000 – 2235MVD 320 D
JJ8045 MVD0600 – 0830GRU 320 D 20JUN09 –
JJ8047 MVD1415 – 1645GRU 320 D
SIA reduce/cancel Dubai – Moscow route
As per GDS timetable display on 14MAY09, Singapore Airlines is adjusting its service to Dubai and Moscow
3 weekly SQ376/375 Singapore – Dubai – Moscow service, is reducing to 1 weekly (Day 5) from 06JUN09, and then completely CANCELLED from 04JUL09.
Overall frequency to Moscow will be 4 weekly by that date.
Overall frequency to Dubai will be reduced from 20 to 17 weekly. From 13AUG09, service further reduced to 15 weekly, as 3 weekly SQ494/495 flight is reduced to 1 weekly.
TACA to start Lima – Santo Domingo
TACA from 01JUL09 is launching 3 weekly Lima – Santo Domingo service with Airbus A319
TA074 LIM1020 – 1615SDQ 319 357
TA075 SDQ1715 – 2110LIM 319 357
AeroMexico 777 to Argentina from Jul 09
As per GDS timetable display on14MAY09, AeroMexico is to operate Boeing 777 aircraft on the Mexico City – Buenos Aires route from 05JUL09, along with 767.
Air China A340 to Taipei
Air China starting 15MAY09 is to operate Airbus A340-300 aircraft on the Shanghai Pu Dong – Taipei Taoyuan route, replacing A330
