China Southern goes Express on Guangzhou – Changsha
China Southern on 01AUG09 launched Shuttle service on the Guangzhou – Changsha service.
It is offering 8 Daily round-trip service with smoother travel experience.
Schedules are the following:
Guangzhou – Changsha
CZ3373 CAN0815 – 0935CSX ERJ X246
CZ3909 CAN0915 – 1020CSX EQV D
CZ3376 CAN1015 – 1120CSX 320 D
CZ3972 CAN1415 – 1520CSX 738 D
CZ3165 CAN1515 – 1620CSX 319 D
CZ3380 CAN1615 – 1720CSX 321 D
CZ3981 CAN1915 – 2020CSX EQV D
CZ3388 CAN2315 – 0020+1CSX 320 D
CZ3375 CSX0800 – 0910CAN 320 D
CZ3391 CSX1000 – 1105CAN 733 D
CZ3910 CSX1100 – 1205CAN EQV D
CZ3374 CSX1300 – 1410CAN ERJ X246
CZ3379 CSX1420 – 1530CAN 321 D
CZ3387 CSX1700 – 1805CAN 320 D
CZ3166 CSX2000 – 2110CAN 319 D
CZ3982 CSX2100 – 2205CAN EQV D
Iraqi Airways to resume London service
Per report, Iraqi Airways from 06AUG09 resumes service on the Baghdad – London route, service operates 3 times a week, assuming with Boeing 767.
SAS W09/10 long-haul operations
The following is SAS’ 2009/10 Northern Winter long-haul service. All frequencies are weekly.
Data are as of 03AUG09:
Route
Freq & A/C
Remark
Copenhagen – Bangkok
6 343
Day x3 ex CPH
Copenhagen – Beijing
7 343
Copenhagen – Chicago
6 330/340
Day x6
Copenhagen – Dubai
3 343
Day 346
Copenhagen – Newark
6 333
Day x4
Copenhagen – Tokyo
6 343
Day x2 ex CPH
Copenhagen – Washington
5 333
Day x23
Stockholm – Chicago
5 333
Day x57
Stockholm – Newark
5 333
Day x16
Lufthansa 4 weekly to Samara in W09/10
As per GDS timetable display on 03AUG09, Lufthansa’s Frankfurt – Samara service is to be remain at 4 weekly, in Winter 09/10 season.
Air NZ extra Norfolk Is flight in Oct 09
As per GDS timetable display on 03AUG09, Air New Zealand is operating 2nd weekly flight on the Aucklnad – Norfolk Island route in October 2009.
New frequency on Day 4. Schedule as follows:
08OCT09 – 15OCT09
NZ814 AKL1800 – 1825NLK 320 4
NZ815 NLK1925 – 2240AKL 320 4
22OCT09
NZ814 AKL1000 – 1025NLK 320 4
NZ815 NLK1125 – 1440AKL 320 4
Also, from 25OCT09, 1 weekly service is switching from Airbus A320 to Boeing 737-300
THAI keeps 5 weekly to LA in W09/10
As per GDS timetable display on 03AUG09, THAI is to maintain 5 weekly (Day x13) service on its Bangkok – Los Angeles route during 2009/10 Winter season.
Previously the airline planned to operate Daily service
China Airlines Hong Kong / Bangkok reductions
China Airlines from 31AUG09 will cancel 2nd Daily Taipei – Hong Kong – Bangkok CI643/644 service.
Overall Taipei – Hong Kong route will also reduce from 12 to 11 Daily.
China Airlines extra Kuala Lumpur service in W09/10
Per GDS timetable display on 06AUG09, China Airlines is operating extra service on the Taipei – Kuala Lumpur service from 20NOV09 to 02JAN10.
Service increase from 7 to 10 weekly. Schedules are:
CI721 TPE0820 – 1300KUL 333 D
CI2721 TPE1950 – 0030+1KUL 738 456
CI2722 KUL0130 – 0600TPE 738 567
CI722 KUL1420 – 1850TPE 333 D
Emirates extra flights to Beirut in Aug 09
Emirates in August is operating extra service on the Dubai – Beirut route in August 2009 only.
The extra flights, schedules and dates are:
02AUG09 – 12AUG09
EK3953 DXB1500 – 1720BEY 332 x456
EK3954 BEY1850 – 2300DXB 332 x456
16/17AUG09
EK3953 DXB2100 – 2320BEY 77W 16AUG09
EK3954 BEY0045 – 0500DXB 77W 17AUG09
23AUG09
EK3953 DXB1500 – 1720BEY 332
EK3954 BEY1850 – 2300BEY 332
Emirates Oct 09 aircraft changes
The following are changes to some Emirates service in October 2009:
Dubai – Larnaca – Malta Daily A330-200 (replacing mix of 332/773)
Dubai – Beirut EK957/958 on Day 27 switch to 777-300
Dubai – Male – Colombo – Dubai 3 weekly EK654 switch from A330-200 to 777-300
Dubai – Mauritius 2 weekly EK3705/3706 switch from A330-200 to 777-300
China Airlines Fall 09 Long-haul reductions
As per GDS timetable display on 03AUG09, China Airlines is reducing a number of long-haul routes, mainly in September.
Affected routes are:
Taipei – Bangkok – Amsterdam
Day 3 from TPE cancelled from 08SEP09 to 23OCT09 (Day 4 from BKK/AMS)
Taipei – Frankfurt
Reduce from 6 to 5 weekly from 01SEP09. Day 1 from TPE cancelled till 24OCT09
Taipei – Los Angeles
Service reduce to 12 weekly from 08SEP09 to 29SEP09, CI008/007 cancelled on Day 13.
Taipei – San Francisco
Service reduce from Daily to 5 weekly from 08SEP09 to 26SEP09. Selected weeks sees Day x24 cancelled.
ANA W09/10 Operational Plan
ANA on 31JUL09 has announced its Winter 2009/10 operational plan. The plan is a part of the airlines’ additional cost-cutting measures.
Changes to International and Domestic routes are:
INTERNATIONAL
Tokyo Haneda – Beijing Scheduled charter, Daily 767 eff 25OCT09
Tokyo Narita – Mumbai Service restores from 3 weekly to Daily eff 25OCT09, 737-700ER
Tokyo Narita – Shanghai Pu Dong service reduce from 3 to 2 Daily, NH959/960 Boeing 767 service cancelled
From 25DEC09 to 04JAN10, following routes sees aircraft changes:
Tokyo Narita – Honolulu 777 replace 767
Tokyo Narita – Shanghai Pu Dong NH921/922, 767 replace 777
DOMESTIC
Fukuoka – Sendai Reduce from 2 to 1 Daily eff 01NOV09, which transfers to IBEX
Nagoya – Okinawa Increase from 3 to 4 Daily eff 01NOV09
Osaka Kansai – Fukuoka reduce from 4 Daily Prop flights to 2 Daily Jet flights eff 01NOV09
Following Routes will be cancelled eff 01NOV09…..
Oshima – Hachijojima eff 01OCT09
Osaka Kansai – Mtasuyama
Osaka Kansai – Kochi
Osaka Kansai – Kagoshima
Following Routes will be cancelled eff 01NOV09, by tookover by other airlines, which ANA will continue to offer service through codesharing…..
Fukushima – Sapporo by AirDo
Komatsu – Sapporo by AirDo
Toyama – Sapporo by AirDo
Kumamoto – Okinawa by Skynet Asia
Miyazaki – Okinawa by Skynet Asia
Cebu Pacific increase Kuala Lumpur to Daily
Cebu Pacific starting 16SEP09 is increasing Manila – Kuala Lumpur route from 5 weekly (Day x13) to Daily
Schedule is the following:
5J501 MNL2055 – 0035+1KUL 320 D
5J502 KUL0120 – 0500MNL 320 D
SIA aircraft change to Cairo & Riyadh
As per GDS timetable display on 03AUG09, Singapore Airlines is changing Boeing 777 model operation on service to Cairo and Riyadh.
Changes are:
Singapore – Dubai – Cairo 4 weekly, 777-300 switching to -200 from 29SEP09
Singapore – Dubai – Riyadh 4 weekly, 777-200 switching to -300 from 25OCT09
Lufthansa Munich long-haul W09/10: New Cairo service
The following Lufthansa 2009/10 Winter long-haul operation out of Munich, as of 03AUG09 GDS timetable display.
Notable highlights includes:
Munich – Cairo Service resumes from 09NOV09 with PrivatAir Boeing 737-800, 2-class C24M84 configuration
LH586 MUC0905 – 1355CAI 73H 135
LH587 CAI1505 – 1825MUC 73H 135
Munich – Tel Aviv Airbus A340-600 operates from 25OCT09 to 07NOV09, then switches to PrivatAir Boeing 737-800, 2-class C24M84 configuration. Service operates 4 weekly (Day x135)
Following routes sees switches from Airbus A340-300 to -600:
Munich – Dubai and Munich – Tokyo
Planned Munich long-haul operation for 2009/10 Winter season, as of 03AUG09, are the following:
Route
Freq & A/C
Remark
Munich – Beijing
5 346
Day x37 ex MUC
Munich – Cairo
3 73H
NEW eff 09NOV09
Munich – Chicago
7 333
Munich – Delhi
7 346
Munich – Dubai
7 346
Replace 343
Munich – Hong Kong
7 346
Munich – Los Angeles
5 346
Day x24
Munich – Mumbai
5 333
Day x15 ex MUC
Munich – New York JFK
7 333/346
Munich – Newark
7 333
Munich – San Francisco
7 346
Munich – Sao Paulo
5 343
Day x25 ex MUC
Munich – Shanghai
7 346
Munich – Seoul – Busan
3 343
Day 136 ex MUC
Munich – Seoul – Shenyang
3 343
Day 257 ex MUC
Munich – Singapore
5 346
Day x27 ex MUC
Munich – Tel Aviv
4 73H
346 till 07NOV09
73H eff 08NOV09
Munich – Tokyo
7 346
Replace 343
S7 Airlines back to Bangkok and Sanya
Once again S7 Airlines is operating service to Bangkok (2 weekly from Novosibirsk and 1 weekly from Irkutsk) and Sanya (1 weekly from Novosibirsk)
Schedules are the following:
Irkutsk – Bangkok eff 26OCT09
S7759 IKT0920 – 1415BKK 310 1
S7760 BKK0035 – 0720IKT 310 1
Novosibirsk – Bangkok eff 15OCT09
S7859 OVB0415 – 1210BKK 310 4
S7859 OVB0500 – 1310BKK 310 7
S7860 BKK1010 – 1630OVB 310 5
S7860 BKK1630 – 2250OVB 310 1
Novosibirsk – Sanya eff 28OCT09
S7845 OVB0005 – 0910SYX 310 3
S7846 SYX1040 – 1615OVB 310 3
Some service may be substituted by Boeing 767
Transaero additional Vienna flight
Transaero has added 4th weekly Moscow Domodedovo – Vienna service since July 2009. Service operates with 737-500.
Addendum to Transasia Airways China schedule
The following are additional info for Transasia Airways’ planned cross-strait service to China, which goes into effect from 31AUG09.
Previous post can be found here
Additional changes are:
Kaohsiung – Kunming NEW 1 weekly eff 25AUG09
GE3662 KHH0800 – 1130KMG 321 2
GE3661 KMG1200 – 1500KHH 321 2
Taichung – Shanghai Pu Dong NEW 1 weekly eff 04SEP09
GE380 RMQ1700 – 1900PVG 320 5
GE379 PVG1010 – 1200RMQ 320 5
It will NO LONGER operating Kaohsiung – Hangzhou service
MALEV adds 2 new cities in Slovakia
MALEV has launched 2 new destinations through coach connections. Since 13JUL09, it has started 4 Daily Budapest – Bratislava and Budapest – Kosice.
Schedules are:
Budapest – Bratislava
MA3002 BUD0700 – 0930BTS BUS D
MA3004 BUD1200 – 1430BTS BUS D
MA3006 BUD1730 – 2000BTS BUS D
MA3008 BUD2300 – 0230+1BTS BUD D
MA3001 BTS0205 – 0505BUD BUS D
MA3003 BTS0700 – 1000BUD BUS D
MA3005 BTS1200 – 1500BUD BUS D
MA3007 BTS1800 – 2100BUD BUS D
Budapest – Kosice
MA3012 BUD0700 – 1030KSC BUS D
MA3014 BUD1200 – 1530KSC BUS D
MA3016 BUD1730 – 2100KSC BUS D
MA3018 BUD2300 – 0230+1KSC BUS D
MA3011 KSC0130 – 0500BUD BUS D
MA3013 KSC0630 – 1000BUD BUS D
MA3015 KSC1130 – 1500BUD BUS D
MA3017 KSC1730 – 2100BUD BUS D
MAS expands codeshare on firefly
Malaysia Airlines since 23JUL09 has expanded its codeshare agreement with its subsidiary firefly. MAS is codesharing on all routes operated by firefly, excluding Singapore service.
Codeshare list is the following. Note lines in Italic represents the route was already in codeshare operation prior to 23JUL09:
| Route | MH Codeshare | FY Operating |
| Subang – Alor Setar | MH9830 MH9832 |
FY2168 FY2176 |
| Alor Setar – Subang | MH9831 MH9833 |
FY2169 FY2177 |
| Subang – Johor Bahru | MH9841 MH9842 MH9843 MH9909 |
FY2141 FY2141 FY2145 FY2149 |
| Johor Bahru – Subang | MH9844 MH9840 MH9908 |
FY2140 FY2144 FY2148 |
| Subang – Kerteh |
MH9868 MH9870 |
FY2002 FY2006 |
| Kerteh – Subang |
MH9869 MH9871 |
FY2003 FY2007 |
| Subang – Kota Bahru | MH9846 MH9848 MH9850 |
FY2060 FY2068 FY2072 |
| Kota Bahru – Subang | MH9847 MH9849 MH9851 |
FY2061 FY2069 FY2073 |
| Subang – Kuala Terengganu | MH9892 MH9910 MH9894 |
FY2100 FY2102 FY2106 |
| Kuala Terengganu – Subang | MH9893 MH9911 MH9913 MH9895 |
FY2101 FY2103 FY2105 FY2107 |
| Subang – Kuantan | MH9858 | FY2130 |
| Kuantan – Subang | MH9917 MH9859 |
FY2127 FY2131 |
| Subang – Penang | MH9880 MH9882 MH9884 MH9886 MH9888 |
FY2080 FY2086 FY2090 FY2096 FY2098 |
| Penang – Subang | MH9881 MH9883 MH9885 MH9887 MH9889 |
FY2081 FY2087 FY2089 FY2093 FY2095 |
| Penang – Johor Bahru | MH9901 | FY1057 |
| Johor Bahru – Penang | MH9900 | FY1056 |
| Penang – Langkawi | MH9902 MH9904 |
FY1010 FY1016 |
| Langkawi – Penang | MH9903 MH9905 |
FY1011 FY1017 |
| Subang – Batam | MH9835 | FY3425 |
| Batam – Subang | MH9834 | FY3426 |
| Subang – Koh Samui | MH9872 | FY3608 |
| Koh Samui – Subang | MH9873 | FY3609 |
| Subang – Medan | MH9862 | FY3412 |
| Medan – Subang | MH9863 | FY3413 |
| Subang – Padang | MH9867 | FY3435 |
| Padang – Subang | MH9866 | FY3436 |
| Subang – Pekanbaru | MH9891 | FY3409 |
| Pekanbaru – Subang | MH9890 | FY3408 |
| Penang – Banda Aceh | MH9875 | FY3401 |
| Banda Aceh – Penang | MH9874 | FY3400 |
| Penang – Medan |
MH9878 |
FY3402 |
| Medan – Penang |
MH9879 |
FY3403 |
| Penang – Phuket | MH9898 | FY3604 |
| Phuket – Penang | MH9899 | FY3605 |
