Air China announce Tokyo Haneda service
As per GDS timetable display on 04SEP09, Air China will launch 2 Daily Beijing – Tokyo Haneda service from 25OCT09.
Air China is the first carrier revealed its schedule on this route, after Japan and China agreed the the launch of this service few weeks ago. There will be no changes to the airlines’ service to Tokyo Narita for the time being.
Schedules are the following:
CA181 PEK0840 – 1250HND 321 D
CA183 PEK1735 – 2145HND 321 D
CA182 HND0830 – 1130PEK 321 D 26OCT09 –
CA184 HND1350 – 1650PEK 321 D
Airbus A321 configures in C12Y173.
bmibaby NEW Manchester – Lourdes Summer flight
bmibaby from 30APR10 launches Summer seasonal Manchester – Lourdes route. The 2 weekly service operates until 01OCT09.
MAN1020 – 1325LDE1435 – 1545MAN 737 15
Jet2.com launching Blackpool – Jersey May 2010
Jet2.com announced it’ll be launching 1 weekly Blackpool – Jersey from 28MAY10.
Jet2.com launch East Midlands base from May 2010
Jet2.com today announced the launch of new base in East Midlands, effective May 2010 with 7 new routes.
The routes are:
East Midlands – Paphos eff 19MAY10
East Midlands – Lanzarote eff 20MAY10
East Midlands – Dalaman eff 21MAY10
East Midlands – Tenerife eff 21MAY10
East Midlands – Sharm el Sheikh eff 22AY10
East Midlands – Corfu eff 24MAY10
East Midlands – Crete eff 25MAY10
Norwegian expands Dubai in Winter with Daily service
As per GDS timetable display on 04SEP09, Norwegian is expanding Winter seasonal service to Dubai for the 2009/10 winter season, which sees overall frequency increase to Daily from 4 weekly in 08/09.
Oslo – Dubai and Stockholm – Dubai each gains 3rd weekly flight while it’ll launch 1 weekly Copenhagen – Dubai.
Schedule as follows:
DY3014 OSL1415 – 0010+1DXB 73H 135
DY3015 DXB0200 – 0600OSL 73H 246
Oslo – Dubai begins from 15OCT09 with initial 1 weekly service, then increase to 2 and 3 weekly progressively from 25OCT09 and 02NOV09
DY3991 ARN1415 – 2340DXB 73H 247
DY3992 DXB0225 – 0600ARN 73H 1
DY3992 DXB0230 – 0600ARN 73H 35
DY3010 CPH1515 – 0045+1DXB 73H 6
DY3011 DXB0245 – 0615CPH 73H 7
Copenhagen – Dubai eff 31OCT09
bmi cancel 4 routes
bmi today announced cancellations of 4 routes:
East Midland – Cologne eff 18SEP09
Manchester – Glasgow eff 19SEP09
London Heathrow – Palma Mallorca eff 04NOV09
London Heathrow – Venice eff 16NOV09
S7 Airlines "Intra-Moscow" schedule
This appears to be aircraft reposition flight or simply a default schedule that never operates commercial service, but S7 Airlines is showing Moscow Domodedovo – Moscow Sheremetyevo one-way schedule in Amadeus timetable display.
The “schedule” is S79999 DME2200 – 2230SVO 319 D
S7 Airlines triples Moscow – Ekaterinburg flight
S7 Airlines starting 28SEP09 will gradually increase Moscow Domodedovo – Ekaterinburg service from 1 to 3 Daily.
2nd Daily service launches from 28SEP09 and 3rd Daily from 05OCT09.
Schedule as follows:
S7051 DME0105 – 0535SVX 319 D
S7053 DME0905 – 1320SVX 319 D 28SEP09 -
S7055 DME1535 – 2000SVX 319 X6 05OCT09 -
S7052 SVX0830 – 0855DME 319 D
S7054 SVX1420 – 1445DME 319 D 28SEP09 -
S7056 SVX2100 – 2125DME 319 X6 05OCT09 -
S7 Airlines launches 3rd Daily Ufa service
S7 Airlines on 01SEP09 launched 3rd Daily Moscow Domodedovo – Ufa service.
Schedule as follows:
S7095 DME0040 – 0440UFA 319 D
S7093 DME0830 – 1225UFA 319 x6
S7097 DME1745 – 2140UFA 319 D
S7096 UFA0700 – 0705DME 319 D
S7094 UFA1315 – 1320DME 319 x6
S7098 UFA2230 – 2235DME 319 D
S7 Airlines to start Kaliningrad from Oct 09
S7 Airlines starting 29SEP09 begins Daily Moscow Domodedovo – Kaliningrad service with Airbus A319.
Schedule as follows:
S7067 DME1525 – 1630KGD 319 D
S7068 KGD1730 – 2035DME 319 D
AEROFLOT A330 to Warsaw / Antalya in Sep 09
As per GDS timetable display on 04SEP09, AEROFLOT is operating Airbus A330-200 aircraft on service to Warsaw and Antalya in September 2009.
Operating dates are:
Moscow Sheremetyevo – Warsaw SU201/202, 05SEP09
Moscow Sheremetyevo – Antalya 16SEP09, 28SEP09
Original info posted on AviaForum of Russia.
AIRFRANCE / Armavia launch codeshare service
AIRFRANCE and Armavia from 07SEP09 begins codesharing the Paris CDG – Yerevan route.
Codeshare list as follows:
| Route | AF Codeshare | U8 Operating |
| Paris CDG – Yerevan | AF2736 | U8102 |
| Yerevan – Paris CDG | AF2737 | U8101 |
| Route | U8 Codeshare | AF Operating |
| Yerevan – Paris CDG | U85101 | AF2999 |
| Paris CDG – Yerevan | U85102 | AF2998 |
China Airlines last minute schedule change to Beijing
China Airlines today announced another new schedule change to china service. This time, Taipei – Beijing route on weekends is affected. And this goes into effect on 05SEP09, just only 24 hours before flight departure, and the schedule change was made around 24-36 hours before the flight.
NEW Schedule as follows:
CI511 TPE0805 – 1110PEK 744 135
CI511 TPE1605 – 1910PEK 744 67
CI512 PEK1225 – 1535TPE 744 135
CI512 PEK2025 – 2335TPE 744 67
Japan and Korea expands service to Seoul Gimpo
Japan and Korea on Friday (04SEP09) agreed to expand service between Japan and Seoul Gimpo airport.
Nagoya Chubu – Seoul Gimpo NEW service is agreed, which will start as early as Oct 2009. Service to operate up to 4 Daily from each side.
Osaka Kansai – Seoul Gimpo Service Increase to 4 Daily from each side.
However, the increase comes into phases. From Oct 2009, each side can operate up to 3 Daily flights (currently 2 each side on KIX – GMP), then 4th Daily from March 2010
Lufthansa Resumes Port Harcourt; ups Abuja flight
Lufthansa in the 2009/10 Winter season will be relaunching service to Port Harcourt in Nigeria. The airline suspended the service due to airport upgrade but didn’t resume eventhough the project was completed.
Service is operating as Frankfurt – Abuja – Port Harcourt. Service to Abuja as a result increases from 3 weekly to Daily. However, current 3 weekly Frankfurt – Malabo – Abuja will be operating as Frankfurt – Abuja – Malabo instead.
Schedule from 25OCT09 as follows:
Frankfurt – Abuja – Port Harcourt
LH568 FRA1135 – 1735ABV1820 – 1925PHC 343 1
LH568 FRA1125 – 1725ABV1810 – 1915PHC 343 2
LH568 FRA1140 – 1740ABV1825 – 1930PHC 343 5
LH568 FRA1150 – 1750ABV1835 – 1940PHC 343 6
LH569 PHC2055 – 2200ABV2320 – 0525+1FRA 343 1
LH569 PHC2045 – 2150ABV2310 – 0515+1FRA 343 2
LH569 PHC2100 – 2205ABV2320 – 0525+1FRA 343 5
LH569 PHC2110 – 2215ABV2335 – 0540+1FRA 343 6
Frankfurt – Abuja – Malabo
LH562 FRA1055 – 1655ABV1740 – 1905SSG EQV 47
LH562 FRA1130 – 1730ABV1815 – 1940SSG 333 3
LH563 SSG2015 – 2140ABV2305 – 0510+1FRA EQV 47
LH563 SSG2050 – 2215ABV2325 – 0530+1FRA 333 3
Saudi Arabian 2009/10 Winter Int’l Operation: 2
Saudi Arabian Airlines on 03SEP09 has updated its planned systemwide operation on International service for 2009/10 season.
The following list appears to be more accurate then the previous ones posted 2 weeks ago. Major changes are the following:
*CANCELLATION of Munich and Vienna service from 01JAN10
*NEW AIRBUS A320 service to Frankfurt, Geneva and Rome
*Riyadh – Rome service will NOT extend to Paris from 01JAN10
*There are increases and reductions to Pakistan and India pending on the market in the month of December
*Frequency adjustments to numerous destinations
The following is the complete list of the International network. Routes highlighted in RED represents the changes compared to previous post:
320 Airbus A320
321 Airbus A321
332 Airbus A330-200
741 Boeing 747-100
743 Boeing 747-300
744 Boeing 747-400
74E ?
74L Boeing 747-300 Leased
757 Boeing 757
777 Boeing 777-200 Low Density
772 Boeing 777-200 High Density
77L Boeing 777-200 NEW 2-class configuration
77W Boeing 777-200 NEW 3-class configuration
E70 Embraer 170
M90 MD90
| Route | Freq & A/C |
Remark |
| Jeddah – Abu Dhabi | 2 E70 | |
| Jeddah – Addis Ababa | 2 332 | |
| Jeddah – Alexandria | 4 M90 | |
| Jeddah – Algiers | 1 743 | 26JAN10 - |
| Jeddah – Algiers – Casablanca | 1 777 | - 19JAN10 |
| Jeddah – Amman | 2 M90 | |
| Jeddah – Bahrain | 2 E70 / 1 M90 | |
| Jeddah – Beirut | 2 M90 | |
| Jeddah – Cairo | 30 EQV 21 EQV |
- 30NOV09 01DEC09 - |
| Jeddah – Casablanca | 3 777 4 777 |
- 31DEC09 01JAN10 - |
| Jeddah – Chennai | 1 772 | 06DEC – 27DEC |
| Jeddah – Colombo | 2 772 1 743 |
- 31DEC09 01JAN10 - |
| Jeddah – Damascus | 4 M90 / 3 321 5 M90 / 2 757 |
- 03JAN10 04JAN10 - |
| Jeddah – Delhi | 2 77W | 05DEC – 05JAN |
| Jeddah – Dhaka | 1 74L 2 74L 1 74L |
25OCT – 30NOV 01DEC – 31DEC 01JAN10 - |
| Jeddah – Doha | 2 M90 / 1 E70 | |
| Jeddah – Dubai | 14 M90 10 M90 / 4 320 |
- 31DEC09 01JAN10 - |
| Jeddah – Frankfurt | 1 777 1 777 / 1 320 |
- 31DEC09 01JAN10 - |
| Jeddah – Geneva | 2 320 | 01JAN10 - |
| Jeddah – Geneva – Manchester | 1 777 | |
| Jeddah – Hyderabad | 4 757 3 757 |
26OCT – 30NOV 01DEC – 31DEC |
| Jeddah – Istanbul | 3 321 3 757/777 |
- 31DEC09 01JAN10 - |
| Jeddah – Johannesburg | 2 332 | |
| Jeddah – Kano | 2 74L 2 332 |
- 02JAN10 03JAN10 - |
| Jeddah – Karachi | 6 332/772 8 772 |
- 31DEC09 01JAN10 - |
| Jeddah – Khartoum | 5 772/77W 3 743 / 1 741 |
- 31DEC09 01JAN10 - |
| Jeddah – Kuala Lumpur | 1 772 | |
| Jeddah – Kuwait | 6 772/M90 | |
| Jeddah – London Heathrow | 7 77L | |
| Jeddah – Lucknow | 1 757 2 757 1 757 |
26OCT – 30NOV 02DEC – 26DEC 27DEC - |
| Jeddah – Milan – Madrid | 1 777 | |
| Jeddah – Muscat | 2 E70 | |
| Jeddah – Nairobi | 2 757 | |
| Jeddah – New York JFK | 2 777 | |
| Jeddah – Paris CDG | 1 777 3 777 |
- 31DEC09 01JAN10 - |
| Jeddah – Rome | 2 320 | 02JAN10 - |
| Jeddah – Rome – Paris CDG | 1 777 | |
| Jeddah – Sana’a | 2 M90 | |
| Jeddah – Sharjah | Suspended | |
| Jeddah – Sharm el Sheikh | 2 E70 | |
| Jeddah – Tunis | 2 332 1 772 |
|
| Jeddah – Vienna – Munich | 1 777 | - 30DEC09 |
| Jeddah – Washington | 2 777 2 77L |
- 31DEC09 01JAN10 - |
| Riyadh – Abu Dhabi | 4 E70 | |
| Riyadh – Alexandria | 2 M90 | |
| Riyadh – Amman | 7 M90 | |
| Riyadh – Bahrain | 5 M90 / 1 E70 | |
| Riyadh – Beirut | 2 M90 | |
| Riyadh – Cairo | 14 EQV | |
| Riyadh – Casablanca | 1 772 | |
| Riyadh – Chennai | 2 772 | |
| Riyadh – Colombo | 2 772 2 743 3 743 |
- 31DEC09 01JAN – 15JAN 16JAN10 - |
| Riyadh – Damascus | 7 M90 / 2 772 7 M90 / 1 772 / 1 77W |
- 31DEC09 01JAN10 - |
| Riyadh – Delhi | 2 77W / 1 772 1 77W 3 77W / 1 772 |
25OCT – 30NOV 01DEC – 31DEC 01JAN10 - |
| Riyadh – Dhaka | 2 74L 1 74L / 3 772 |
25OCT – 30NOV 01DEC09 - |
| Riyadh – Doha | 2 E70 / 1 M90 | |
| Riyadh – Dubai | 8 M90 / 8 744 21 EQV |
- 31DEC09 01JAN10 - 777/744/M90/320 |
| Riyadh – Frankfurt | 1 777 | |
| Riyadh – Geneva | 2 777 | 02JAN10 - |
| Riyadh – Geneva – Manchester | 1 777 | - 28DEC09 |
| Riyadh – Hong Kong – Manila | 2 772 | |
| Riyadh – Hyderabad | 3 757 1 772 3 772/77W |
25OCT – 29NOV 30NOV – 28DEC 29DEC09 - |
| Riyadh – Jakarta | 2 772 2 772 / 1 743 |
- 31DEC09 01JAN10 - |
| Riyadh – Karachi | 3 772 4 772 |
- 31DEC09 01JAN10 - |
| Riyadh – Khartoum | 2 772 / 1 77W | |
| Riyadh – Kuala Lumpur | 1 772 | |
| Riyadh – Kuwait | 8 M90 | |
| Riyadh – Lahore | 2 772 1 772 5 743 |
25OCT – 29NOV 30NOV – 01JAN 02JAN10 - |
| Riyadh – London Heathrow | 5 77L 4/5 77L |
- 01JAN10 02JAN10 - O/B 1 of 5 via DMM I/B 5 of 5 nonstop |
| Riyadh – Lucknow | 2 757 | |
| Riyadh – Manila | 1 772 / 2 747* | *74E & 744 |
| Riyadh – Milan – Madrid | 1 777 2 777 |
- 31DEC09 01JAN10 - |
| Riyadh – Mumbai | 2 772 7 743 |
- 31DEC09 01JAN10 - |
| Riyadh – Muscat | 3 E70 | |
| Riyadh – New York JFK | 1 777 | |
| Riyadh – Paris CDG | 1 777 4 777 |
- 31DEC09 01JAN10 - |
| Riyadh – Rome | 1 320 | 07JAN10 - |
| Riyadh – Rome – Paris CDG | 1 777 | - 31DEC09 |
| Riyadh – Sana’a | 1 M90 | |
| Riyadh – Sharm el Sheikh | 2 E70 | |
| Riyadh – Singapore – Jakarta | 2 772 3 772 |
- 29NOV09 30NOV09 - |
| Riyadh – Vienna – Munich | 1 777 | - 26DEC09 |
| Riyadh – Washington | 1 777 1 77L |
- 05JAN10 06JAN10 - |
| Dammam – Beirut | 2 E70 | |
| Dammam – Cairo | 7 M90 | |
| Dammam – Chennai | 1 772 | 07JAN10 - |
| Dammam – Damascus | 2 M90 | |
| Dammam – Dhaka | 1 74L 3 743 |
- 07JAN10 08JAN10 - |
| Dammam – Dubai | 7 M90 / 5 E70 | |
| Dammam – Karachi | 1 772 2 772 |
- 31DEC09 01JAN10 - |
| Dammam – London Heathrow | 1 77L | 03JAN10 - I/B via RUH |
| Dammam – Mumbai | 2 772 2 743 |
- 01DEC09 02JAN10 - |
| Madinah – Cairo | 7 M90/772 | |
| Madinah – Damascus | 2 M90 | |
| Madinah – Istanbul | 4 321 1 321 3 757 / 1 772 |
- 19DEC09 20DEC – 31DEC 01JAN10 - |
Ethiopian increase India and China service
As per GDS timetable display on 04SEP09, Ethiopian Airlines is boosting capacity and frequencies on service to India, and China, effective 25OCT09
Addis Ababa – Delhi – Beijing Increase from 5 weekly to Daily, service operates with Boeing 757
Addis Ababa – Mumbai Boeing 767 replacing 757
TACA Group 3 additional new routes
TACA is launching 3 additional routes in the Winter 2009/10 season, including Lima – Mexico City, San Salvador – Cancun and San Salvador – Roatan.
Schedules are the following:
Lima – Mexico City eff 01NOV09
TA018 LIM1035 – 1535MEX 319 247
TA017 MEX1400 – 2055LIM 319 135
San Salvador – Cancun eff 15NOV09 by LACSA
LR638 SAL0840 – 1010CUN 320 357
LR636 SAL1445 – 1615CUN 320 146
LR639 CUN1115 – 1245SAL 320 357
LR637 CUN1700 – 1830SAL 320 146
San Salvador – Roatan eff 15NOV09
TA216 SAL0900 – 1030RTB ATR D
TA217 RTB1700 – 1830SAL ATR D
Cathay Pacific Daily to Sapporo
Cathay Pacific is increasing service form 4 weekly to Daily on the Hong Kong – Sapporo route on the following dates:
01DEC09 – 05JAN10
01FEB10 – 26FEB10
Service operates with Boeing 747-400
EGYPTAIR plans to split Mumbai and Kuala Lumpur flight
As per GDS timetable display on 04SEP09, EGYPTAIR appears to be offering NONSTOP service to Kuala Lumpur starting 25OCT09.
Current Cairo – Mumbai – Kuala Lumpur route is also listed alongside with the nonstop service, although it looks like it’ll split the service. Mumbai is to be operated by 737-800
For the time being, EGYPTAIR’s planned nonstop schedule to Kuala Lumpur is the following:
MS970 CAI0015 – 1550KUL 330 x457
MS971 KUL0130 – 0530CAI 330 x156
