A relatively quiet week as far as new route announcements from Star Alliance member carriers. The most updates come from THAI who updated their Winter 2013/14 timetable primarily with increases on routes flown by their SMILE subsidiary. The week saw most Star Alliance carriers report timeframes for the re-introduction of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner on their routes. Most carriers will begin flying the 787 in next month or so. United has already put theirs into circulation on US domestic routes on May 20.
AIR CANADA:
Toronto – New Orleans effective June 30 will be REDUCED from 1x/day to 4x/WEEK.
AIR CHINA:
Hohhet-Taipei effective June 25 will BEGIN 3x/week service.
EGYPTAIR:
Cairo-Beijing effective July 1 WILL NOT BE INCREASING to 4X/week. Service remains at 3x/week.
ETHIOPIAN:
Addis Ababa – Toronto effective between June 16 and October 23 will increase from 2x/week to 3x/week.
THAI:
Bangok – Ahmedabad effective October 27 will increase from 2x/week to 4x/week (Operated by SMILE).
Bangkok – Hyderabad effective October 27 will increase from 4x/week to 5x/week.
Bangkok – Mandalay effective October 27 will increase from 5x/week to 1x/DAY. (Operated by SMILE).
Bangkok – Moscow(DME) effective October 27 will increase from 4x/week to 5x/week.
Bangkok – Sapporo effective October 27 will increase from 4x/week to 1x/DAY.
Bangkok -Taipei effective October 27 will increase from 14x/week to 18x/week.
Bangkok – Vienna effective October 27 will BEGIN 3x/week service.
Bangkok – Xiamen effective October 27 will increase from 4x/week to 5x/week.
Phuket – Delhi effective October 27 will increase from 2x/week to 4x/week (Operated by SMILE).
Phuket – Kuala Lumpur effective October 27 will increase from 4x/week to 1x/DAY (Operated by SMILE).
Phuket – Mumbai effective October 27 will increase from 2x/week to 3x/week (Operated by SMILE).
TURKISH:
Istanbul – Alexandria effective June 13 will increase from 4x/week to 1x/DAY.
Istanbul(IST) – Mazar-i-Sharif (Afghanistan) effective June 16 will BEGIN 2x/week service.
Istanbul(IST) – Sinop effective October 27 will BEGIN 1x/day service.
Istanbul(IST) – Tokyo(NRT) effective November 4 will increase from 1x/day to 2x/day.
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Courtesy: www.AirlineRoute.net
