QANTAS expands AA Domestic US Codeshare this week
QANTAS starting 17JUN09 will expand its codeshare operation with American Airlines.
Its “QF” code will be placed on service between AA’s Chicago as well as Dallas hub and:
Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Indianapolis, Memphis, Minneapolis, New Orleans and Tampa
Codeshare list is the following. Note some flights only operates on certain periods:
Route
QF Codeshare
AA Operating
Chicago – Atlanta
QF4851
QF4853
QF4855
QF4857
QF4859
QF4861 AA1098
AA1644
AA1685
AA2441
AA4334
AA4444
Atlanta – Chicago
QF4852
QF4854
QF4856
QF4858
QF4860
QF4862
QF4864
QF4866 AA506
AA564
AA607
AA1571
AA1644
AA1986
AA1996
AA4443
Chicago – Cincinnati
QF4869
QF4871
QF4873
QF4875
QF4877 AA3916
AA4029
AA4081
AA4490
AA4093
Cincinnati – Chicago
QF4870
QF4872
QF4874
QF4876
QF4878
QF4880
QF4882 AA3936
AA4017
AA4076
AA4289
AA4306
AA4323
AA4376
Chicago – Detroit
QF4885
QF4887
QF4889
QF4891
QF4893
QF4895
QF4897 AA510
AA1316
AA1514
AA4136
AA4319
AA4362
AA4466
Detroit – Chicago
QF4886
QF4888
QF4890
QF4892
QF4894
QF4896 AA619
AA2309
AA4161
AA4317
AA4463
AA4506
Chicago – Indianapolis
QF4901
QF4903
QF4905
QF4907
QF4909
QF4911
QF4913AA329
AA1131
AA3952
AA3970
AA4135
AA4214
AA1284
Indianapolis – Chicago
QF4902
QF4904
QF4906
QF4908
QF4910
QF4912
QF4914AA498
AA559
AA1137
AA3915
AA4343
AA4378
AA4491
Chicago – Minneapolis
QF4917
QF4919
QF4921
QF4923
QF4925
QF4927
QF4929AA333
AA665
AA851
AA1134
AA1565
AA2348
AA2045
Minneapolis – Chicago
QF4918
QF4920
QF4922
QF4924
QF4926
QF4928
QF4930
QF4932AA400
AA1345
AA1442
AA772
AA2305
AA1502
AA1807
AA2247
Chicago – New Orleans
QF4933
QF4935
QF4937
QF4939AA1137
AA1137
AA1447
AA4028
New Orleans – Chicago
QF4934
QF4938
QF4940AA362
AA1944
AA4030
Chicago – Tampa
QF4941
QF4943
QF4945AA810
AA1502
AA1502
Tampa – Chicago
QF4942
QF4944AA1247
AA1679
Dallas – Atlanta
QF4701
QF4703
QF4705
QF4707
QF4709
QF4711
QF4713
QF4715
QF4717AA474
AA536
AA652
AA1074
AA1250
AA1314
AA1332
AA2020
AA2222
Atlanta – Dallas
QF4702
QF4704
QF4706
QF4708
QF4710
QF4712
QF4714
QF4716
QF4718
QF4720
QF4722
QF4724
QF4726
QF4728
QF4730AA355
AA663
AA689
AA1013
AA1039
AA1139
AA1171
AA1209
AA1577
AA1391
AA2193
AA1629
AA1657
AA1699
AA1867
Dallas – Cincinnati
QF4731
QF4733
QF4735
QF4737AA3371
AA3457
AA3543
AA3603
Cincinnati – Dallas
QF4732
QF4734
QF4736
QF4738
QF4740
QF4742AA3438
AA3456
AA3668
AA3712
AA3720
AA2880
Dallas – Detroit
QF4745
QF4747
QF4749
QF4751
QF4753
QF4755AA524
AA1322
AA1380
AA1870
AA2204
AA2312
Detroit – Dallas
QF4746
QF4748
QF4750
QF4752
QF4754
QF4756AA520
AA497
AA891
AA1163
AA1139
AA1951
Dallas – Indianapolis
QF4761
QF4763
QF4765
QF4767
QF4769
QF4771AA482
AA540
AA1050
AA1380
AA1660
AA1690
Indianapolis – Dallas
QF4762
QF4764
QF4768
QF4770
QF4772
QF4774
QF4776AA623
AA657
AA1321
AA1171
AA1207
AA1803
AA1959
Dallas – Memphis
QF4779
QF4781
QF4783
QF4785
QF4787AA808
AA1218
AA1242
AA1468
AA1816
Memphis – Dallas
QF4780
QF4782
QF4784
QF4786
QF4788
QF4790
QF4792AA435
AA433
AA1019
AA1355
AA1507
AA1873
AA1919
Dallas – Minneapolis
QF4795
QF4797
QF4799
QF4801
QF4803
QF4805
QF4807AA1476
AA886
AA1038
AA1815
AA2203
AA1636
AA1815
Minneapolis – Dallas
QF4796
QF4798
QF4800
QF4802
QF4804
QF4806
QF4808
QF4810AA385
AA1028
AA1161
AA1205
AA1112
AA2485
AA1629
AA2479
Dallas – New Orleans
QF4815
QF4817
QF4819
QF4821
QF4823
QF4825AA328
AA872
AA1367
AA1097
AA1164
AA1292
New Orleans – Dallas
QF4816
QF4818
QF4820
QF4822
QF4824
QF4826
QF4828AA440
AA831
AA1397
AA1463
AA1695
AA2059
AA2195
Dallas – Tampa
QF4831
QF4833
QF4835
QF4837
QF4839
QF4841
QF4843
QF4845
QF4847AA538
AA698
AA1112
AA1428
AA1564
AA1430
AA1482
AA1498
AA1514
Tampa – Dallas
QF4832
QF4834
QF4836
QF4838
QF4840
QF4842
QF4844
QF4846
QF4848AA507
AA659
AA1107
AA1171
AA1203
AA1303
AA1665
AA1657
AA1815
New York JFK – Tampa
QF4948
AA1786
EVA Air 2009/10 Winter Operation overview
The following is EVA Air’s 2009/10 Northern Winter operation, based on 15JUN09 GDS inventory display.
The unit of the frequency is weekly, and is subject to change
| Route | Freq & A/C | Remark |
| Taipei – Los Angeles | 18 77W | |
| Taipei – Newark – Anchorage – Taipei | 4 77W | |
| Taipei – San Francisco | 10 77W / 2 74E | |
| Taipei – Seattle | 5 74W | eff 15SEP09 |
| Taipei – Vancouver | 3 74W | |
| Taipei – Bangkok – Amsterdam | 3 74E | |
| Taipei – Bangkok – London | 6 74W | |
| Taipei – Bangkok – Vienna | 3 77W | |
| Taipei – Paris CDG | 3 77W | |
| Taipei – Brisbane | 3 332 | |
| Taipei – Fukuoka | 7 332 | |
| Taipei – Komatsu | 2 M90 | |
| Taipei – Miyazaki | 2 M90 | |
| Taipei – Nagoya | 5 M90 | |
| Taipei – Osaka | 7 332 | |
| Taipei – Sapporo | 7 332 | |
| Taipei – Sendai | 2 332 | |
| Taipei – Seoul | 7 332 | |
| Taipei – Tokyo Narita | 14 332 | |
| Taipei – Bangkok | 3 77W | |
| Taipei – Denpasar | 5 332 | |
| Taipei – Hanoi | 5 M90 | |
| Taipei – Ho Chi Minh | 7 77W / 4 332 | |
| Taipei – Jakarta | 6 74E | |
| Taipei – Kuala Lumpur | 4 332 / 2 74E | |
| Taipei – Manila | 7 332 | |
| Taipei – Phnom Penh | 7 M90 | |
| Taipei – Singapore | 6 77W | |
| Taipei – Surabaya | 2 332 | |
| Taipei – Hong Kong | 7 74E 7 332 7 74E 4 74E / 3 332 7 74E 7 332 7 332 |
BR851/852 BR865/866 BR867/868 BR869/870 BR855/856 BR871/872 BR857/858 |
| Taipei – Macau | 7 M90 7 77W 7 M90 5 M90 / 2 332 |
BR807/808 BR801/802 BR817/818 BR805/806 |
EVA Air drops Osaka – Los Angeles resumption plan
As per GDS timetable and inventory display on 15JUN09, EVA Air appears to have dropped its plan of resuming Taipei – Osaka – Los Angeles 3 weekly service for Winter 2009/10 season.
Originally, the flight was planned to be suspended from 16JUN09 to 24OCT09 only.
AA St. Louis cuts from Nov 09
The following is American Airlines’ reduction for St. Louis market effective 19NOV09, as per 15JUN09 GDS inventory display:
St. Louis – Boston From 3 to 1 Daily
St. Louis – Chicago From 10 to 9 Daily
St. Louis – Dallas From 9 to 8 Daily
St. Louis – Las Vegas CANCELLED
St. Louis – Los Angeles From 4 to 3 Daily
St. Louis – San Diego CANCELLED
St. Louis – Seattle From 2 to 1 Daily
JAL temporary London cuts
JAL since 13JUN09 (or perhaps earlier than that date) has cancelled JL403/404, the 2nd Daily Tokyo – London Heathrow service.
Service to restore from 18JUN09
QANTAS additional codeshare on Alaska
QANTAS has placed its “QF” code on additional routes operated by Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air.
The following is the intra-continental US codeshare service (excluding Los Angeles – Vancouver which was placed before these increases). Note selected service may not operate on certain dates and flight numbers are subject to change:
| Route | QF Codeshare | AS Operating |
| Anchorage – Los Angeles | QF4115 | AS150 |
| Los Angeles – Boise | QF3631 QF3633 |
AS2418 AS2416 |
| Boise – Los Angeles | QF3634 | AS2417 |
| Los Angeles – Flagstaff | QF3621 | AS2316 |
| Flagstaff – Los Angeles | QF3622 | AS2499 |
| Los Angeles – Flagstaff – Prescott – Los Angeles | QF3647 | AS2497 |
| Los Angeles – Portland OR | QF3703 QF3717 QF4113 |
AS561 AS245 AS2600 |
| Portland OR – Los Angeles | QF3704 QF3714 QF3782 QF4110 |
AS2641 AS244 AS252 AS2605 |
| Los Angeles – Reno | QF3629 QF3635 QF3643 |
AS2444 AS2442 AS2446 |
| Reno – Los Angeles | QF3630 QF3636 QF3656 |
AS2441 AS2445 AS2443 |
| Los Angeles – Seattle | QF3725 QF3729 QF3739 QF3741 QF3755 QF3757 QF3759 QF3763 QF3765 QF3767 QF3775 QF3791 QF3797 |
AS477 AS451 AS453 AS459 AS465 AS457 AS471 AS291 AS475 AS467 AS461 AS463 AS469 |
| Seattle – Los Angeles | QF3702 QF3722 QF3724 QF3728 QF3736 QF3738 QF3740 QF3742 QF3744 QF3746 QF3750 QF3754 QF3756 QF3758 |
AS468 AS476 AS272 AS462 AS246 AS240 AS458 AS088 AS460 AS464 AS466 AS474 AS470 AS450 |
| San Francisco – Portland OR | QF3664 QF3710 QF4104 |
AS2525 AS2517 AS2637 |
| Portland OR – San Francisco | QF3665 QF3707 |
AS2520 AS2638 |
| San Francisco – Seattle | QF3705 QF3721 QF3723 QF3733 QF3737 QF3793 |
AS305 AS313 AS311 AS221 AS087 AS301 |
| Seattle – San Francisco | QF3706 QF3716 QF3726 QF3732 QF3762 QF3790 |
AS300 AS220 AS312 AS316 AS310 AS314 |
| Seattle – Vancouver | QF3773 | AS701 |
QANTAS/IBERIA to begin codesharing
As per QANTAS’ PDF timetable (15JUN09 edition), it is to start codesharing with IBERIA from 15JUL09.
Tickets are not on sale as of this moment, nor IB has loaded its flight numbers on service operated by QANTAS. Codeshare flight numbers are the following:
| Route | QF Codeshare | IB Operating |
| Frankfurt – Madrid | QF4201 | IB3513 |
| Madrid – Frankfurt | QF4200 QF4206 |
IB3516 IB3512 |
| London Heathrow – Madrid | QF4203 | IB3163 |
| Madrid – London Heathrow | QF4202 QF4204 |
IB3162 IB3166 |
QANTAS to increase A380 service
QANTAS is to increase its A380 service as it’ll receive 4th aircraft around the end of July 2009.
Sydney – Los Angeles from 05AUG09 to 06SEP09 increases from 3 to 4 weekly (Day x146)
Sydney – Singapore – London QF031/032 to increase from 3 to 5 weekly from 06AUG09
By November 2009 service should become Daily on each route above and increase from 2 to 3 weekly on Melbourne – Los Angeles as it is scheduled to receive 5th and 6th A380.
Kunpeng Airlines re-hubs to Zhengzhou
Kunpeng Airlines starting today is moving its hub from Xian to Zhengzhou
The airline currently operates the following route out of Zhengzhou:
Zhengzhou – Changsha – Nanning – Wuzhou
New Routes to be launched:
Zhengzhou – Hangzhou
Zhengzhou – Xian
Zhengzhou – Tianjin – Harbin
Zhengzhou – Nanchang – Fuzhou – Nanning
It also plans to operate:
Zhengzhou – Hohhet
Zhengzhou – Changsha – Zhuhai
Service operates with Embraer E190
MIAT Mongolian operates Domestic service in Summer
MIAT Mongolian Airlines is operating Domestic Mongolia service from June to September. The 2 destinations in Mongolia it’ll be operating to are: Moron/Murun and Hovd/Khovd.
Schedules are:
Ulaan Baatar – Moron/Murun eff 20JUN09 till 20SEP09
OM557 ULN1530 – 1650MXV 738 1
OM557 ULN0820 – 0940MXV 738 5
OM558 MXV1820 – 1935ULN 738 1
OM558 MXV1110 – 1225ULN 738 5
Ulaan Baatar – Moron/Murun – Hovd/Khovd eff 20JUN09 till 20SEP09
OM571 ULN1010 – 1130MXV1200 – 1210HVD 738 37
OM572 HVD1310 – 1515MXV1545 – 1700ULN 738 37
MIAT adds Irkutsk and Osaka service for Summer 09
MIAT Mongolian Airlines is operating 2 additional international routes during Summer peak season. It is operating service to Irkutsk and Osaka during July and August as usual. Schedules are the following:
Ulaan Baatar – Irkutsk eff 01JUL09 till 30AUG09
OM129 ULN1800 – 2020IKT 738 3
OM129 ULN2210 – 0030+1IKT 738 6
OM130 IKT2150 – 2200ULN 738 3
OM130 IKT0535 – 0545ULN 738 7 02JUL09 – 01SEP09
Ulaan Baatar – Osaka eff 07JUL09 till 28AUG09
OM505 ULN0620 – 1120KIX 738 25
OM506 KIX1220 – 1600ULN 738 25
Korean Air Version 3 772 enter service from Nov 09
Korean Air will be introducing re-configured Boeing 777-200ER (dubbed Version 3 on this post for now) aircraft around this Winter.
The 3 versions of 777-200ER configuration are:
Version 1 F12C28Y261
Version 2 P8C28Y225
Version 3 R8J26Y212
As of 15JUN09, Version 3 777-200ER is to operate following service:
Seoul – Dallas
Special Note: Version 2 777-200ER is being introduced along with Version 1, so this route is being mentioned in particular.
21JAN10 – 28FEB10 Day 4
01MAR10 – Day 46
Seoul – Seattle
27OCT09 – 30NOV09 Day 26
01DEC09 – 27DEC09 Day x135
28DEC09 – All 5 weekly service
Seoul – Tokyo – Los Angeles
01JAN10 – 09FEB10 Day 5
10FEB10 – Day x247
As of 15JUN09, January 2010 sees 3 versions of 777-200 opeating:
Ver 1 Day 1 (till 18JAN10)
Ver 2 Day x15 (Day x5 from 25JAN10)
Ver 3 Day 5
Seoul – Washington DC
01NOV09 – 30NOV09 Day 15
01DEC09 – Day x247
Again, all dates, and operational days are based on GDS inventory display as of 15JUN09, and is subject to change at the last minute. Traveler should contact the airline if they wish to know which version of 777-200ER they’ll likely to be flying on.
Version 3 777-200ER configuration based on GDS seat map display is the following:
Kosmo (FIRST) 8 Seats
Row 1- 2
A – DE – J
Prestige 26 Seats
Row 7 – 10
AB – DEF – HJ
Exception:
Row 10 HJ
Economy 212 Seats
Row 28 – 40 / 41 – 52
ABC – DEF – GHJ
Wing section: Row 28 – 39
Exception:
Row 39 AB – DEF – GHJ
Row 40 DEF
Row 41 ABC – GHJ
Row 52 A – DEF – GHJ (52B either not installed or simply appeared to be blocked)
Version 3 777-200ER sees 1 less row of Economy compared to Version 2
JAL Jul – Oct 09 International Reductions
JAL today announced additional capacity reductions for its international service from July to October 2009. Details are the following
Tokyo Narita – Beijing
Reduce from 19 to 14 weekly eff 01AUG09, JL781/782 cancelled
Tokyo Narita – Delhi
Reduce from 4 to 3 weekly eff 01JUL09, Day 4 cancelled (op Day 257 only)
Tokyo Narita – Seoul Incheon
Reduce from 4 to 3 Daily eff 01JUL09, JL953/952 cancelled
Tokyo Narita – Shanghai Pu Dong
Reduce from 4 to 3 Daily eff 01AUG09, JL791/792 cancelled
Tokyo Narita – Taipei
Reduce from 4 to 3 Daily eff 01JUL09, JL647/640 cancelled. JL640 departs following day
Osaka Kansai – Seoul Incheon
Reduce from 3 to 2 Daily eff 01AUG09, JL965/966 cancelled. JL966 operates the following day
Excluding 19SEP09, 20SEP09, 22SEP09 from KIX
Osaka Kansai – Shanghai Pu Dong
Reduce from 3 to 2 Daily eff 01AUG09, JL629/620 cancelled
Tokyo Haneda – Hong Kong
Reduce from 7 to 3 weekly on: 01SEP09 – 16SEP09 and 12OCT09 – 24OCT09 (Op Day 467 from HND, Day 157 from HKG)
All reductions are currently planned until 24OCT09
Jade Cargo applies 2 new European cargo routes
Jade Cargo on 12JUN09 applied with the CAAC for permission to operate following service with Boeing 747-400F
*4 weekly Shenzhen – Shanghai Pu Dong – Istanbul – Amsterdam – Shenzhen from July 2009
*2 weekly Chongqing – Vienna – Amsterdam – Dubai – Chongqing from August 2009
China Airlines Penang reduction from Aug 09
China Airlines is reducing Taipei – Penang service from Daily to 4 weekly (Day x256) starting 02AUG09.
The reduction period will be in effect till 24OCT09 for now
