Star Alliance Route Announcements:  October 25 – November 11, 2015

Star Alliance Route Announcements: October 25 – November 11, 2015

AEGEAN:

Athens – Amsterdam effective May 27 BEGINS 5x/week service.

Athens – Bari effective June 29 BEGINS 3x/week service.

Athens – Dublin effective June 20 BEGINS 2x/week service (Monday/Saturday).

Athens – Jeddah effective March 28 BEGINS 3x/week service.

Athens – Krakow effective June 21 BEGINS 2x/week service (Tuesday/Saturday).

Athens – Lille effective April 14 BEGINS 1x/week service (Thursday).

Athens – Lisbon effective June 13 BEGINS 2x/week service (Monday/Friday).

Athens – Ljubljana effective June 16 BEGINS 2x/week service (Wednesday / Saturday).

Athens – Luxembourg effective May 19 BEGINS 2x/week service (Thursday/Saturday).

Athens – Naples effective May 29 BEGINS 2x/week service.

Athens – Naples effective July 2 increases from 2x/week to 3x/week.

Athens – Naples effective July 17 increases from 3x/week to 4x/week.

Athens – Nice effective May 17 BEGINS 2x/week service (Tuesday/Thursday).

Athens – Palma Mallorca effective July 6 BEGINS 2x/week service (Wednesday/Sunday).

Athens – Split effective June 16 BEGINS 2x/week service (Thursday/Saturday).

Kalamata – Billund effective May 16 BEGINS 1x/week service (Monday).

Kalamata – Copenhagen effective May 16 BEGINS 1x/week service (Monday).

Kalamata – Lyon effective May 31 BEGINS 1x/week service (Tuesday).

Kalamata – Nantes effective June 4 BEGINS 1x/week service (Saturday).

Kalamata – Milan effective June 12 BEGINS 1x/week service (Sunday).

 

AIR CANADA:

Toronto – Seoul effective June 17 BEGINS 1x/day service.

 

AIR CHINA:

Hangzhou – Ibaraki effective January 30 BEGINS 2x/week service.

 

AIR INDIA:

Delhi – Bahrain – Abu Dhabi effective October 25, 2015 will be split into Delhi – Abu Dhabi (3x/week) and Delhi – Bahrain (4x/week).

 

AIR NEW ZEALAND:

Auckland – Vancouver effective between April 9 and May 7 increases from 3x/week to 4x/week.

 

AUSTRIAN:

Vienna – Shanghai effective May 3 BEGINS 1x/day service.
Vienna – Shanghai effective October 30, 2016 decreases from 1x/day to 4x/week.
Vienna – St. Petersburg effective April 25 BEGINS 1x/day service (Resumption).

 

EVA:

Taipei – Hanoi effective March 7 increases form 5x/week to 6x/week.
Taipei – Seoul (ICN) effective January 11 increases from 9x/week to 11x/week.
Taipei – Seoul (ICN) effective January 21 increases from 11x/week to 14x/week.

 

LOT:

Warsaw – Kharkiv effective March 2 BEGINS 5x/week service.

Warsaw – Kosice effective March 29 BEGINS 6x/week service.

Warsaw – Palanga effective March 29 BEGINS 6x/week service.

 

LUFTHANSA:

Frankfurt – Nagoya effective March 27 decreases from 1x/day to 3x/week.

 

SAS:

Copenhagen – Miami effective September 28 BEGINS 3x/week service.

Oslo – Miami effective September 28 BEGINS 4x/week service.

 

SHENZHEN:

Nantong – Osaka effective December 10 BEGINS 2x/week service.

Shenzhen – Osaka effective January 31 increases from 4x/week to 1x/day.

Wuxi – Osaka effective January 2 increases from 2x/week to 5x/week.

 

SINGAPORE:

Singapore – Dusseldorf effective July 21 BEGINS 3x/week service.

 

THAI:

Bangkok – Frankfurt effective between April 29 and June 26 decreases from 13x/week to 11x/week.  13x/week resumes June 27.

 

TURKISH:

Istanbul – Washington DC effective July 12 increases from 7x/week to 10x/week.

Istanbul – Mauritius – Antananarivo effective December 15 BEGINS 3x/week service, increases to 4x/week on February 8.

Istanbul – Tokyo (NRT) effective December 27, 2015 is reduced from 11x/week to 9x/week, decreasing to 7x/week on March 1.

Istanbul – Zaporozhye effective December 28 BEGINS 4x/week service.

 

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LUFTHANSA Begins Codeshare Partnership With COPA

LUFTHANSA Begins Codeshare Partnership With COPA

Lufthansa has announced today that it will begin to codeshare flights with Copa Airlines.    This announcement coincides with the beginning of Lufthansa’s service to Panama City, Panama which is scheduled to begin on March 2, 2016.

This codeshare agreement will allow Lufthansa’s passengers to book their travels to South America more efficiently.  It also allows the 2 airlines involved to book passengers on the same plane using their respective flight numbers.

According to LH, plans call for a wide-reaching codeshare agreement that will cover many of Copa’s flights within Latin and South America.    However, the initial codeshare will only cover 2 of Copa’s routes:   Panama City – David, and Panama City – San Jose, Costa Rica.   Expansion of the codeshare will take place throughout Summer 2016.

 

ABOUT LUFTHANSA’s NEW SERVICE TO PANAMA CITY (Excerpt from previous post announcing the new route):

 

This expansion plays well into LH’s goal of a deeper presence in the Americas, especially Central and South.   With the addition of  ‘PTY’, Lufthansa will be able to leverage the ‘route map’ that fellow Star Alliance member COPA has in the region.   With COPA’s 50 destinations, LH has opened a significant new opportunity for passengers.

 

The route will be flown by a 3 class A340-300 aircraft (Business / Premium Economy / Economy) that can carry upwards of 298 passengers.  The aircraft will have FlyNet internet connectivity.

 

The flight details:

LH 484 will depart Frankfurt on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday at 10:15a (Local FRA time) and arrive in Panama City (PTY) at 4:40p (Local PTY time).   The flight is scheduled for 12 hours 25 minutes.

LH 485 will depart Panama City at 6:45p (Local Time) and arrive in Frankfurt at 11:35a the following morning.

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Star Alliance Route Announcements:  October 25 – November 11, 2015

Star Alliance Route Announcements: October 12 – 24, 2015

 

AIR CANADA:

Montreal – Nice effective June 30 increases from 3x/week to 4x/week (Until Sept. 28).

Montreal – Venice effective June 18 increases from 2x/week to 3x/week.

Toronto – Venice effective June 1 increases from 5x/week to 6x/week.

Toronto – Venice effective July 5 increases from 6x/week to 1x/DAY.

 

AIR CHINA:

Beijing – Montreal – Havana effective December 27 will BEGIN 3x/week service (Montreal – Cuba being added to existing Beijing-Montreal service).

 

AIR INDIA:

Delhi – London (LHR) effective November 1 increases from 2x/day to 3x/day.

 

AIR NEW ZEALAND:

Auckland – Tokyo (NRT) between March 27 and May 7 increases from 7x/week to 9x/week.
 

ANA:

Tokyo (HND) – Shanghai effective February 1 increases from 1x/day to 2x/day.

 

AUSTRIAN:

Graz – Chania effective May 21 will BEGIN 1x/week service (Until September 24).

Graz – Irakleion effective May 14 will BEGIN 1x/week service (Until June 25).

Graz – Zakinthos effective May 31 will BEGIN 1x/week service (Until September 20).

Vienna – Tehran effective March 10 increases from 6x/week to 10x/week.

 

BRUSSELS:  (Click here for more details on the following routes).

Brussels – Belfast effective March 27 will BEGIN 5x/week service.

Brussels – Irakleion effective April 2 will BEGIN 1x/week service (Saturdays).

Brussels – Jerez de la Frontera effective May 4 will BEGIN 2x/ week service (Wednesdays / Sundays).

 

COPA:

Panama City – David effective October 26 increases from 2x/day to 3x/day.

 

EVA:

Taipei – Istanbul effective March 5 will BEGIN 4x/week service.

Taipei – Osaka effective between February 3 and February 4 increases from 4x/day to 5x/day.

Taipei – Sapporo effective December 15 increases from 11x/week to 14x/week.

 

LUFTHANSA:

Munich – Tehran effective April 14 will BEGIN 3x/week service.

Munich – Denver effective May 11 will BEGIN 5x/week service (Click here for more information).

Munich – Corfu effective May 15 will BEGIN 1x/week service (Sundays).

Munich – Thira effective May 14 will BEGIN 1x/week service (Saturdays).

 

SAS:

Copenhagen – Moscow (SVO) effective March 25 is CANCELLED.

Copenhagen – Tel Aviv effective March 25 is CANCELLED.

 

SHENZHEN:

Quanzhou – Bangkok effective October 27 will BEGIN 3x/week service.

Shenzhen – Bangkok effective January 1 increases from 3x/day to 4x/day.

Shenzhen – Tokyo effective January 1 will BEGIN 1x/day service.

 

SOUTH AFRICAN:

Cape Town – Maun effective March 11 will BEGIN 5x/week service (SA Airlink).

Johannesburg – Abuja effective January 26 will BEGIN 3x/week service (SA Airlink).

 

TURKISH:

Istanbul – Manila effective February 9 increases from 3x/week to 1x/DAY.

 

UNITED:

San Francisco – Auckland effective July 1 will BEGIN 3x/week service.

Washington (IAD) – Kuwait – Bahrain effective January 13 is CANCELLED.

 

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