Airline Route - 15 new posts

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• Airline Codeshare Summary Update – 12MAR12
• Hainan Airlines to Add 5th weekly Berlin and Boosts Brussels to Daily from July 2012
• Vietnam Airlines Cancels Kunming; Launches Chengdu Flight in S12
• Libyan Airlines S12 Operation Changes as of 12MAR12
• DELTA to Launch BusinessElite Service on Boeing 757 Intra-Asia Market from May 2012
• Nordavia Launches Moscow – Usinsk Service
• IBERIA to Cancel Johannesburg Service from May 2012
• CSA Czech Airlines to Launch Nizhniy Novgorod Service from late-Apr 2012
• AirAsia X Cancels Christchurch Service from June 2012
• LACSA to start San Jose – Monterrey Service from June 2012
• EVA Air S12 Japan Operation Changes
• EVA Air S12 Ho Chi Minh Operation Changes as of 12MAR12
• China Southern to Start Guangzhou – Phuket Service in S12
• Cathay Pacific Vancouver May/June 2012 Aircraft Changes
• Dragonair Expands China Service in S12

Airline Codeshare Summary Update – 12MAR12 Posted: 12 Mar 2012 03:40 AM PDT Update at 1040GMT 12MAR12 The following are latest airline codeshare routes/partnerships changes as of 12MAR12. Please note due to on-going changes on daily basis, Airline Route may not be able to cover entire changes loaded in the GDS in the past 7 days. NEW CODESHARE PARTNERSHIP Aerosvit operated by Hamburg Airways Kiev – Hamburg Hong Kong Airlines operated by EVA Air (Codeshare begins 12MAR12; Hong Kong Airlines / EVA Air jointly offers 10 Daily flights) Hong Kong – Taipei Taoyuan EVA Air operated by Hong Kong Airlines Taipei Taoyuan – Hong Kong NEW CODESHARE ROUTES Aerosvit operated by AEROFLOT Moscow Sheremetyevo – Ekaterinburg Moscow Sheremetyevo – Nizhnevartovsk Moscow Sheremetyevo – Novosibirsk Moscow Sheremetyevo – Tyumen Moscow Sheremetyevo – Vladivostok SWISS operated by Darwin Airlines Geneva – Florence Geneva – Lugano Geneva – Luxembourg Geneva – Venice Zurich – Genoa South African Airways operated by TAP Portugal Lisbon – Accra TAP Portugal operated by South African Airways Johannesburg – Accra Mihin Lanka operated by SriLankan Airlines Colombo – Kuwait Kuwait – Tiruchirapally Hong Kong Airlines operated by Hong Kong Express Hong Kong – Xi’An Hong Kong Express operated by Hong Kong Airlines Hong Kong – Chengdu Hong Kong – Chongqing Hong Kong – Nanjing Virgin Australia operated by Air New Zealand Auckland – Mackay CANCELLED CODESHARE ROUTES AIRFRANCE operated by KLM Singapore – Denpasar OTHERS AIRFRANCE is extending cancellation of codeshare service with JAT Airways on Paris CDG – Belgrade sector, until 27OCT12 Filed under: 2011/12, 2012, [CODESHARE]

Hainan Airlines to Add 5th weekly Berlin and Boosts Brussels to Daily from July 2012 Posted: 12 Mar 2012 03:20 AM PDT Update at 1020GMT 12MAR12 Hainan Airlines from 01JUL12 is adding 5th weekly service on Beijing – Berlin route, with new flight operates on Saturdays. Airbus A330-200 operates this route. In addition, the airline further increases on Beijing – Brussels flight, which will now increase to Daily instead of 6 weekly, starting 29JUN12. Schedule: Beijing – Berlin HU489 PEK1340 – 1730BER 330 x24 HU490 BER1930 – 1020+1PEK 330 x24 Beijing – Brussels HU491 PEK0120 – 0550BRU 330 135 HU491 PEK0120 – 0555BRU 330 x135 HU492 BRU1350 – 0540+1PEK 330 D Service increases from 4 to 5 weekly (Day x13) from 25MAR12 to 28JUN12 Filed under: 2012, Hainan Airlines

Vietnam Airlines Cancels Kunming; Launches Chengdu Flight in S12 Posted: 12 Mar 2012 03:00 AM PDT Update at 1000GMT 12MAR12 Vietnam Airlines starting 26JUN12 is offering service to Chengdu, with 4 weekly Hanoi – Chengdu service on board Fokker 70 aircraft. This route does not offer Business Class service. However, the Skyteam member from 25MAR12 is cancelling 5 weekly Hanoi – Kunming service, which is operated by mono-class Fokker 70 aircraft. Schedule: Hanoi – Chengdu eff 26JUN12 VN552 HAN1040 – 1345CTU F70 x147 VN553 CTU1450 – 1600HAN F70 x147 Hanoi – Kunming until 24MAR12 VN540 HAN1755 – 2015KMG F70 x27 VN541 KMG2115 – 2135HAN F70 x27 Filed under: 2012, Skyteam, Vietnam Airlines

Libyan Airlines S12 Operation Changes as of 12MAR12 Posted: 12 Mar 2012 02:40 AM PDT Update at 0940GMT 12MAR12 As per 12MAR12 Amadeus timetable display, planned Libyan Airlines’ Summer 2012 operation as follows. Additional changes are highly possible: Tripoli – Ankara NEW 2 weekly service from 25MAR12 LN190 TIP0800 – 1100ESB CR9 6 LN190 TIP1600 – 1900ESB CR9 1 LN191 ESB1200 – 1515TIP CR9 6 LN191 ESB2000 – 2315TIP CR9 1 Service Changes: Benghazi – Alexandria/Borg el Arab Increases from 3 to 4 weekly, A320 operating Benghazi – Athens 1 weekly service Cancelled Benghazi – Cairo Increases from 2 to 3 weekly, A320 operating Benghazi – Misurata Increases from 3 to 5 weekly, CRJ900 operating Benghazi – Sebha Increases from 2 to 3 weekly, CRJ900/A320 operating (Currently operates with A320 only) Tripoli – Alexandria/Borg el Arab Increases from 2 to 3 weekly, A320 operating Tripoli – Athens NONSTOP service increases from 1 to 3 weekly, CRJ900 operating Tripoli – Benghazi Increases from 25 to 27 weekly Tripoli – Cairo Increases from 6 weekly to Daily, A320 operating Tripoli – Sebha Reduces from 10 to 8 weekly, CRJ900/A320 operating Other routes remain unchanged: Benghazi – Amman 2 weekly A320 service Benghazi – Istanbul 2 weekly A320 service Misurata – Alexandria/Borg el Arab 2 weekly CRJ900 service Tripoli – Casablanca 2 weekly A320 service Tripoli – Malta 4 weekly CRJ900 service Tripoli – Tunis 2 Daily CRJ900/A320 service Filed under: 2012, Libyan Airlines

DELTA to Launch BusinessElite Service on Boeing 757 Intra-Asia Market from May 2012 Posted: 12 Mar 2012 02:20 AM PDT Update at 0920GMT 12MAR12 As per 12MAR12 GDS timetable and inventory display, DELTA is planning to introduce BusinessElite Seatings on its Boeing 757-200ER intra-Asia service starting May 2012. The BusinessElite Boeing 757-200ER (75A) for intra-asia flight is C16Y150. This will replace existing 757-200 (75J) F20Y162 configuration aircraft. Planned routes as follows: Nagoya – Guam 12MAY12 – 30MAY12 Selected Dates eff 31MAY12 Daily Osaka Kansai – Guam 10MAY12 – 28MAY12 Selected Dates eff 29MAY12 Daily Tokyo Narita – Busan 13MAY12, 20MAY12, 21MAY12 only (Busan departure is next day) Tokyo Narita – Guam DL290/289 & DL648/649 09MAY12 – 29MAY12 Selected Dates eff 30MAY12 Daily Tokyo Narita – Koror eff 21MAY12 All 3 weekly service (Flight on 14MAY12 also scheduled to be operated by BusinessElite 757) Tokyo Narita – Saipan 08MAY12 – 21MAY12 Selected Dates eff 22MAY12 Daily Tokyo Narita – Seoul Incheon 12MAY12 – 30MAY12 Selected Dates eff 31MAY12 Daily Above mentioned routes, effective dates and operational days remain subject to change. Filed under: 2012, DELTA, Skyteam

Nordavia Launches Moscow – Usinsk Service Posted: 12 Mar 2012 02:00 AM PDT Update at 0900GMT 12MAR12 Nodravia on 02MAR12 has launched 4 weekly nonstop service on Moscow Sheremetyevo – Usinsk route, on board Boeing 737-500 aircraft. Currently this flight is to operate until 31MAY12 for the moment. AEROFLOT is placing its “SU” code on this route with following schedule: 5N515/SU4190 SVO1030 – 1300USK 735 x246 5N516/SU4191 USK1400 – 1630SVO 735 x246 Filed under: 2011/12, 2012, AEROFLOT, Nordavia, Skyteam, [CODESHARE]

IBERIA to Cancel Johannesburg Service from May 2012 Posted: 12 Mar 2012 01:40 AM PDT Update at 0840GMT 12MAR12 IBERIA from 01MAY12 is cancelling Madrid – Johannesburg service, which currently operates 3 times a week. The oneWorld member originally planned to restore 4th weekly service from 01MAY12, but this is no longer the case. Schedule until 29APR12: IB6051 MAD0010 – 1015JNB 340 247 IB6050 JNB2020 – 0635+1MAD 340 247 Filed under: 2012, IBERIA, oneWorld

CSA Czech Airlines to Launch Nizhniy Novgorod Service from late-Apr 2012 Posted: 12 Mar 2012 01:20 AM PDT Update at 0820GMT 12MAR12 CSA Czech Airlines starting 22APR12 is launching new service on Prague – Nizhniy Novgorod route, which operates once a week on board Airbus A319 aircraft. Nizhniy Novgorod is the airline’s 7th destination in Russia, 2nd to be launched in Summer 2012 season. Schedule: OK252 PRG0830 – 1350GOJ 319 7 OK253 GOJ1440 – 1610PRG 319 7 Filed under: 2012, CSA Czech Airlines, Skyteam

AirAsia X Cancels Christchurch Service from June 2012 Posted: 12 Mar 2012 01:00 AM PDT Update at 0800GMT 12MAR12 AirAsia X today (12MAR12) announced the cancellation of Kuala Lumpur – Christchurch service, which the 4 weekly A330-300 flight will be discontinued from 01JUN12. The airline launched this route on 01APR11. Schedule from 01APR12 to 31MAY12 as follows: D7280 KUL0840 – 2255CHC 330 57 D7282 KUL2340 – 1355+1CHC 330 13 D7281 CHC0010 – 0725KUL 330 16 D7283 CHC1510 – 2225KUL 330 24 Filed under: 2012, Air Asia X

LACSA to start San Jose – Monterrey Service from June 2012 Posted: 12 Mar 2012 12:40 AM PDT Update at 0740GMT 12MAR12 LACSA starting 02JUN12 is launching 3 weekly service on San Jose Costa Rica – Monterrey route, on board Embraer E190 aircraft. Operational schedule as follows: LR684 SJO1825 – 2305MTY E90 246 LR685 MTY0700 – 0940SJO E90 357 eff 03JUN12 Filed under: 2012, LACSA, TACA

EVA Air S12 Japan Operation Changes Posted: 12 Mar 2012 12:20 AM PDT Update at 0720GMT 12MAR12 As per 12MAR12 GDS timetable and inventory display, EVA Air is adjusting planned operation on Japan service in Summer 2012 season, effective 25MAR12. Details: Taipei Taoyuan – Komatsu 16APR12 – 14MAY12 Day 1 service operates with Airbus A330-200 instead of MD90 (Overall service remains 4 weekly) Taipei Taoyuan – Nagoya 18APR12 – 20MAY12 Service Increases from 2 to 4 weekly. Existing service on Day 47 operates with A330-200 instead of MD90 during this period BR2130 TPE0600 – 0945NGO M90 36 BR2128 TPE0800 – 1145NGO 332 47 BR2129 NGO1100 – 1300TPE M90 36 BR2127 NGO1300 – 1500TPE 332 47 Taipei Taoyuan – Osaka Kansai 25MAR12 – 22APR12 Boeing 777-300ER replaces A330-200 Taipei Taoyuan – Tokyo Narita* eff 23MAY12 BR2198/2197 Airbus A330-200 replaces Airbus A330-300 Taipei Song Shan – Tokyo Haneda* eff 23MAY12 All 2 Daily service operates with Airbus A330-300, replacing -200 *Operational change coincides with the change of Airbus A330-300 Hello Kitty Jet service, please refer to report on 10MAR12 Filed under: 2012, EVA Air

EVA Air S12 Ho Chi Minh Operation Changes as of 12MAR12 Posted: 12 Mar 2012 12:00 AM PDT Update at 0700GMT 12MAR12 As per 12MAR12 GDS timetable and inventory display, EVA Air is postponing planned service reduction on Taipei Taoyuan – Ho Chi Minh service. The airline is to reduce from 10 to 9 weekly, starting 06MAY12 (instead of 25MAR12). Also, from 01APR12 to 22APR12, selected flights is to be operated by Airbus A330-200 instead of Boeing 777-300ER. Schedule: BR395 TPE0720 – 0945SGN 77W 357 BR391 TPE0920 – 1140SGN 77W D BR392 SGN1255 – 1715TPE 77W D BR396 SGN1555 – 2010TPE 77W 357 BR395/396 from 01APR12 to 22APR12 on selected dates operated by A330-200. From 06MAY12, service operates Day 37 only Filed under: 2012, EVA Air

China Southern to Start Guangzhou – Phuket Service in S12 Posted: 11 Mar 2012 11:40 PM PDT Update at 0640GMT 12MAR12 China Southern Airlines from 26MAR12 is resuming operation on Guangzhou – Phuket route, on board Boeing 737-800 aircraft three times a week. Reservation for this flight is now open. Schedule: CZ6057 CAN2315 – 0120+1HKT 738 135 CZ6058 HKT0225 – 0645CAN 738 246 Filed under: 2012, China Southern, Skyteam

Cathay Pacific Vancouver May/June 2012 Aircraft Changes Posted: 11 Mar 2012 11:20 PM PDT Update at 0620GMT 12MAR12 From 01MAY12 to 30JUN12, Cathay Pacific is operating all-Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on Hong Kong – Vancouver route on temporary basis. CX838/837* during this period is operated by Boeing 777-300ER (77D) aircraft. Operational schedule: CX888 HKG0030 – 2125-1YVR 77W D CX838 HKG1635 – 1320YVR 77W D CX889 YVR0245 – 0655+1HKG 77W D CX837 YVR1500 – 1900+1HKG 77W D *CX839 re-numbered as CX837 from 25MAR12 Filed under: 2012, Cathay Pacific, oneWorld

Dragonair Expands China Service in S12 Posted: 11 Mar 2012 11:00 PM PDT Update at 0600GMT 12MAR12 Dragonair in Summer 2012 season is expanding service to China, with service resumption to Xi’An, Guilin and flight increase to Qingdao. Additional capacity is added for Xiamen service. Details: Hong Kong – Qingdao eff 01MAY12 Increases from Daily to 10 weekly KA950 HKG1035 – 1345TAO 333 D KA954 HKG1955 – 2305TAO 320 246 KA955 TAO0810 – 1110HKG 320 357 KA951 TAO1445 – 1755HKG 333 D Hong Kong – Xiamen eff 01MAY12 KA618/619 changes from A320 to A330-300 (Overall service remains 4 Daily) Hong Kong – Guilin eff 30APR12 Daily service, operated by mono-class A320 KA700 HKG0825 – 0950KWL 320 7 KA700 HKG0915 – 1040KWL 320 36 KA704 HKG1355 – 1520KWL 320 x367 KA701 KWL1140 – 1315HKG 320 367 KA703 KWL1615 – 1750HKG 320 x367 Hong Kong – Xi’An eff 01APR12 Service resumes with 4 weekly flights, Daily from 01MAY12 KA946 HKG1205 – 1440XIY 320 D KA947 XIY1545 – 1845HKG 320 D KA946/947 in April 2012 operates Day x246 Filed under: 2012, Dragonair, oneWorld