Star Alliance Route Announcements:  July 18 – July 24, 2014

Star Alliance Route Announcements: July 18 – July 24, 2014

AIR CANADA:

Vancouver – Palm Springs effective December 19 will BEGIN 3x/week service.

 

AVIANCA:

Bogota – Barranquilla effective August 17 will increase from 16x/day to 18x/day.

Bogota – Bucaramanga effective August 17 will increase from 11x/day to 14x/day.

Bogota – Cali effective August 17 will increase from 21x/day to 27x/day.

Bogota – Cartagena effective August 17 will increase from 17x/day to 18x/day.

Bogota – Cucuta effective August 17 will increase from 8x/day to 11x/day.

Bogota – Medellin effective August 17 will increase from 23x/day to 28x/day.

Bogota – Pereira effective August 17 will increase from 10x/day to 12x/day.

Bogota – Santa Marta effective August 17 will increase from 8x/day to 10x/day.

San Salvador – Orlando effective September is CANCELLED.

 

COPA:

Bogota – Caracas effective August 1 will be reduced from 8x/week to 7x/week.

Medellin – Caracas effective August 1 is CANCELLED.

 

 

LUFTHANSA:

Munich – Vancouver seasonal service will end October 11.  Originally it was to be suspended on October 25.

 

SHENZHEN:

Yantai-Seoul (ICN) effective August 1 will BEGIN 1x/day service.

Xi’An – Seoul (ICN) effective August 1 will BEGIN 5x/week service.

 

SINGAPORE:

Singapore – Brisbane effective November 22 will increase from 21x/week to 23x/week.

Singapore – Melbourne effective November 22 will increase from 28x/week to 31x/eek.

Singapore – Sydney effective November 22 will increase from 28x/week to 31x/week.

 

THAI:

Bangkok – London (LHR) effective between September 16 and October 25 will be reduced from 14x/week to 12x/week.

 

TURKISH:

Istanbul (SAW) – Moscow (VKO) effective July 14 has been CANCELLED.

 

UNITED:

Chicago – Topeka effective September is CANCELLED.

 

Star Alliance Route Announcements: June 27 – July 8

 

 

 

AEGEAN:

Athens-Barcelona effective October 26 will increase from 3x/week to 4x/week.

Athens-Berlin (TXL) effective October 26 will increase from 3x/week to 5x/week.

Athens-Budapest effective October 26 will increase from 2x/week to 3x/week.

Athens-Dusseldorf effective October 26 will increase from 2x/week to 4x/week.

Athens-Geneva effective October 26 will increase from 3x/week to 4x/week.

Athens-Milan effective October 26 will increase from 7x/week to 8x/week.

Athens-Prague effective October 26 will increase from 3x/week to 5x/week.

Athens-Rome effective October 26 will increase from 9x/week to 12x/week.

Athens-Tbilisi effective October 26 will decrease from 2x/week to 1x/week.

Athens-Tel Aviv effective October 26 will increase from 5x/week to 6x/week.

Athens-Vienna effective October 26 will increase from 4x/week to 5x/week.

 

AIR CANADA:

Toronto-Istanbul effective October 26 will increase from 3x/week to 4x/week.

 

BRUSSELS:

Brussels-Washington DC effective between October 26 and March 28 is suspended (Route has been changed to Summer only)

 

LUFTHANSA:

Frankfurt-Marrakech effective October 2 will BEGIN 1x/week service.

Frankfurt-Marrakech effective October 26 will increase from 1x/week to 2x/week.

Munich-Dublin effective October 26 will continue 3x/week service (This route was previously Summer only).

Munich-Dublin effective between December 22 and January 17 is suspended.

Munich-Dublin effective between January 17 and March 4 will operate 2x/week.

 

 SINGAPORE:

 Singapore-Sapporo effective between December 1 and January 17 will BEGIN & operate 2x/week.

 

 THAI:

Bangkok-Fukuoka effective between September 3 and September 24 will be reduced from 1x/day to 6x/week.

Bangkok-Hong Kong effective August 11 will decrease from 28x/week to 26x/week.

Bangkok-Karachi effective until July 31 is reduced from 4x/week to 3x/week.

Bangkok-Singapore effective August 2 will be reduced from 28x/week to 24x/week.

Bangkok-Tokyo (NRT) effective between July 1 and October 24 is reduced from 3x/day to 2x/day.

 

TURKISH:

Istanbul (IST)-Gazipasa effective July 25 will BEGIN 2x/day service.


UNITED:

Denver-Mammoth Lakes effective December 20 will BEGIN 1x/week service.

Newark-Stuttgart effective September 20 is CANCELED.

Washington DC (IAD)-Hayden effective December 14 will BEGIN 1x/week service.

Washington DC (IAD)-Jackson Hole effective December 20 will BEGIN 1x/week service.

 

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Brussels Airlines Increases Africa Service & Decreases Washington DC to Seasonal

Brussels Airlines Increases Africa Service & Decreases Washington DC to Seasonal

First off, congrats to the ‘Red Devils’ for advancing to the World Cup Quarter Finals….for a moment I thought we were going to pull off a miracle in the last minutes…Enjoy Messi this weekend! 🙂

Now back to the news…

Brussels has announced an update to their Winter 2014/15 timetable that takes effect on October 26.  These changes are already reflected in their reservation systems.   In addition to these changes, Brussels also plans to increase service to several African destinations during the Christmas Holiday season so other announcements will be forthcoming.

For now, Brussels has increased their service to Africa by approximately 9 percent by increasing frequencies to some of their more popular destinations.   Here is the list of affected cities (all changes take effect October 26, 2014):

Nairobi, Kenya will see service increase from 3 times per week to 5 times per week.

Luanda, Angola will see service increase from 2 times per week to 3 times per week.

Kigali, Rwanda will see service increase from 4 times per week to 5 times per week.

Bujumbura, Burundi will see service increase from 2 times per week to 3 times per week.

Douala, Cameroon will see service increase from 5 times per week to 6 times per week.

Yaounde, Cameroon will see service increase from 4 times per week to 5 times per week.

 

Brussels – Washington DC Update:

At the same time of the Africa announcements, Brussels also announced that it will be converting it’s Brussels-Washington DC route to a seasonal route with no service during the winter.   Service between these cities will end with the Spring/Summer timetable on October 25 and will resume on March 29, 2015.

 

Not familiar with Brussels Airlines?  Take a look this that takes a deep look into their fantastic Business Class service…. and this post that takes a closer look at their Business Class hardware.