by Lufthansa Flyer | Jul 6, 2017 | 777, Austrian, Featured, Route Announcements, Vienna |
Austrian Airlines announced that it is set to return to two destinations next year.
Beginning with the Summer 2018 schedule, passengers will once again be able to fly Austrian from Vienna to Tokyo, Japan (Narita) and to Cape Town, South Africa. In their comments, Austrian suggests that market dynamics have once again made it lucrative to serve these long haul destinations. It also doesn’t hurt that they’ll be adding another Boeing 777 aircraft to the fleet next spring. At that point they’ll have 6 777 aircraft that can be deployed on their long haul routes.
Flights to Tokyo will begin first with 5 flights per week starting on May 15, 2018. Cape Town will be launched later in the year with 2 flights per week beginning on October 27, 2018.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jun 26, 2017 | A330, A340, A350, A380, Featured, Frankfurt, Lufthansa, Munich, Route Announcements |
Lufthansa has begun to tweak their operations for Spring/Summer 2018. Typically the changes in aircraft that fly certain routes are as a result of seasonal demand on a route, scheduled maintenance, or aircraft retirement.
Thus far, Lufthansa has made changes on 10 of their routes that will see different aircraft fly he routes for at least the Spring and Summer next year.
The changes:
Frankfurt – Beijing: Beginning on March 25, an Airbus A346 will take over for the 747-8i / A380 that currently fly the route.
Frankfurt – Hong Kong: Beginning on March 25, an Airbus A346 will take over from the A380 that currently flies the route. Specifically, the last A380 flight to Hong Kong will take place on October 27, and between October 27 and March 25 the 747-8i will be deployed on the route until March 25.
Frankfurt – Los Angeles: Beginning on March 25, an Airbus A346 will replace the A380 on flights LH456 and LH457. The 747-8i will continue to fly flights LH450 and LH451.
Frankfurt – San Diego: Beginning on March 25 an A343 will be deployed on the new route that begins on that day.
Frankfurt – Seoul: Beginning on March 25 the A346 will take over for the 744 and A380 that currently are scheduled on the route.
Munich – Beijing: Beginning on March 25 the A380 will take over for the Airbus A346.
Munich – Hong Kong: Beginning on March 25 the Airbus A380 will take over for the Airbus A346.
Munich – Los Angeles: Beginning on March 25 the A380 will replace the A346 on the route.
Munich – Singapore: Beginning March 27, the new (resumption of service) route will be served by an Airbus A350.
H/T: www.AirlineRoute.net
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jun 22, 2017 | Featured, Route Announcements, Star Alliance, United |
AIR CANADA:
St. John’s – London (LHR) effective for Winter 2017/18 will be reduced from 3x/week to 2x/week.
Halifax – London (LHR) effective for Winter 2017/18 will be reduced from 4x/week to 2x/week.
AIR CHINA:
Shenzhen – Melbourne effective effective August 1 is CANCELLED.
ASIANA:
Jeju – Yeosu effective June 15 increased from 1x/day to 2x/day.
EGYPTAIR:
Cairo – Tokyo (NRT) beginning with the Winter 2017/18 schedule will BEGIN 1x/week service.
TAP:
Porto – Porto Santo effective between June 12 and September 25 will operate 1x/week (Scheduled Charter).
UNITED:
Los Angeles – Hilo effective December 20 increases from 5x/week to 7x/week.
Los Angeles – Kahului effective December 20 increases from 2x/day to 3x/day.
Los Angeles – Kona effective December 20 increases from 1x/day to 2x/day.
Los Angeles – Lihue effective December 20 increases from 1x/day to 2x/day.
San Francisco – Kahului effective December 20 increases from 3x/day to 5x/day.
San Francisco – Kona effective December 20 increases from 2x/day to 3x/day.
San Francisco – Lihue effective December 20 increases from 1x/day to 2x/day.
H/T: AirlineRoute.net
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jun 13, 2017 | Featured, Lufthansa, Route Announcements, Star Alliance, Swiss |
AEGEAN:
Thessaloniki – Nuremberg effective July 14 will BEGIN 2x/week service.
AIR CANADA (Rouge):
Toronto – Cartagena effective December 17 will BEGIN 1x/week service.
AIR CHINA:
Beijing – Pyongyang effective between June 9 and June 22 is CANCELLED.
AIR INDIA:
Hyderabad – Bhubaneswar effective June 10 BEGAN 1x/day service.
Kolkata – Bhubaneswar effective June 10 BEGAN 1x/day service.
Varanasi – Colombo effective August 4 will BEGIN 2x/week service.
LUFTHANSA:
Frankfurt – Cluj effective October 29 will BEGIN 1x/day service.
Frankfurt – Dublin effective October 29 increases from 3x/day to 4x/day.
Frankfurt – Kuusamo effective December 23 will BEGIN 1x/week service.
Frankfurt – Manchester effective October 29 increases from 4x/day to 5x/day.
Frankfurt – Timisoara effective October 29 will BEGIN 1x/day service.
SINGAPORE:
Singapore – Paris effective October 29 increases from 7x/week to 10x/week.
SWISS:
Zurich – Niš effective October 29 will BEGIN 2x/week service.
Zurich – Wroclaw effective October 30 will BEGIN 3x/week service.
TURKISH:
Antalya – Sulaymaniyah effective June 19 will BEGIN 2x/week service.
Ordu-Giresun – Berlin effective August 2 will BEGIN 1x/week service.
H/T: AirlineRoute.net
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jun 5, 2017 | Featured, Route Announcements, Star Alliance, United |
AIR INDIA:
Delhi – Copenhagen effective September 16 will BEGIN 3x/week service.
EVA:
Taipei – Fukuoka effective June 10 increases from 7x/week to 9x/week.
SAS:
Stockholm – Chambery effective February 3 will begin 1x/service (Saturdays).
TAP PORTUGAL:
Lisbon – Oujda effective between June 4 and September 17 will operate 1x/week (Charter).
Porto – Agadir effective between July 22 and September 9 will operate 1x/week (Charter).
UNITED:
Hong Kong – Singapore effective October 28 is CANCELLED (Due to start of LAX-SIN on Oct 27).
Houston – Caracas (Via Aruba) effective July 1 is CANCELLED.
Los Angeles – Singapore effective October 27 will BEGIN 1x/day service.
H/T: AirlineRoute.net
