UNITED to cease Alitalia Codeshare
The codeshare agreement between UNITED and Alitalia subsidiary AirOne ends on 27JUN09
Lufthansa new codeshare to Iraq by Austrian
Lufthansa has placed its “LH” code flight number on Austrian’s service to Erbil in Iraq. Codeshare list is the following:
| Route | LH Codeshare | OS Operating |
| Vienna – Erbil | LH6460 | OS829 |
| Erbil – Vienna | LH6461 | OS830 |
IBEX CRJ700 inaugurates in Sep 09; takes over some ANA flight
ANA and IBEX Airlines has announced expansion of codeshare deal which sees the latter will takeover the former’s service on the following routes:
Sendai – Hiroshima
Sendai – Komatsu
The service begins from 01SEP09.
ANA will display its “NH” code on these service as “ANA Connection”. Coinciding with the launch of these 2 new routes, IBEX Airlines will become Japan’s first launch customer of CRJ700NG which enters service on the same day.
FW3185 / NH3185 SDJ1300 – 1435HIJ CR7 D
FW3186 / NH3186 HIJ1505 – 1630SDJ CR7 D
FW3189 / NH3189 SDJ1700 – 1805KMQ CR7 D
FW3190 / NH3190 KMQ1835 – 1935SDJ CR7 D
EVA Air maintains 747 to LAX for Summer 09
As per GDS timetable display on 01JUN09, EVA Air is continuing to operate Boeing 747-400 aircraft on the Taiepi – Los Angeles route beyond 30JUN09.
The 747 from 01JUL09 to 13SEP09 is operating BR012/011 on Day 346. Service beyond 14SEP09 appears to be not yet updated completely
THY splits but increase China service from Jul 09
As per GDS timetable display on 01JUN09, Turkish Airlines from 30JUN09 will split its Beijing and Shanghai service but will results in frequency increase.
Both cities will receive dedicated 5 weekly A330 terminator service. Schedule listed below:
TK020 IST2345 – 1400+1PEK 330 x36
TK021 PEK2355 – 0530+1IST 330 x47
TK026 IST2350 – 1505+1PVG 330 x14
TK027 PVG2245 – 0545+1IST 330 x25
Overall frequency to China increases to 10 from current 7.
